matcher

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From match +‎ -er. Cognate with Old Frisian mekere (“matchmaker”).

Noun[edit]

matcher (plural matchers)

  1. One who who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages or relationships for others; a matchmaker.
  2. Something that matches.
    There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

matcher

  1. to face off; to face (in a competition)
  2. to match (e.g. on dating app)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of matcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple matcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple matchant
/mat.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle matché
/mat.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present matche
/matʃ/ 		matches
/matʃ/ 		matche
/matʃ/ 		matchons
/mat.ʃɔ̃/ 		matchez
/mat.ʃe/ 		matchent
/matʃ/
imperfect matchais
/mat.ʃɛ/ 		matchais
/mat.ʃɛ/ 		matchait
/mat.ʃɛ/ 		matchions
/mat.ʃjɔ̃/ 		matchiez
/mat.ʃje/ 		matchaient
/mat.ʃɛ/
past historic2 matchai
/mat.ʃe/ 		matchas
/mat.ʃa/ 		matcha
/mat.ʃa/ 		matchâmes
/mat.ʃam/ 		matchâtes
/mat.ʃat/ 		matchèrent
/mat.ʃɛʁ/
future matcherai
/mat.ʃə.ʁe/ 		matcheras
/mat.ʃə.ʁa/ 		matchera
/mat.ʃə.ʁa/ 		matcherons
/mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ 		matcherez
/mat.ʃə.ʁe/ 		matcheront
/mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional matcherais
/mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		matcherais
/mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		matcherait
/mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		matcherions
/mat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		matcheriez
/mat.ʃə.ʁje/ 		matcheraient
/mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present matche
/matʃ/ 		matches
/matʃ/ 		matche
/matʃ/ 		matchions
/mat.ʃjɔ̃/ 		matchiez
/mat.ʃje/ 		matchent
/matʃ/
imperfect2 matchasse
/mat.ʃas/ 		matchasses
/mat.ʃas/ 		matchât
/mat.ʃa/ 		matchassions
/mat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		matchassiez
/mat.ʃa.sje/ 		matchassent
/mat.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — matche
/matʃ/ 		— matchons
/mat.ʃɔ̃/ 		matchez
/mat.ʃe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

matcher

  1. present of matche

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

matcher

  1. indefinite plural of match
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