Inherited fromMiddle Frenchtricher, fromOld Frenchtricher,trichier(“to defraud, conceal, cheat”), of disputed origin. Possibly fromVulgar Latin*triccāre, fromLate Latintricāre, fromLatintrīcārī(“dodge, shun, look for detours; quibble, haggle”), fromtrīcae. CompareItaliantreccare,Old Occitantrichar,Catalan andOccitantrigar,Portuguesetrigar.

Alternatively possibly of Germanic origin, fromMiddle High Germantrechen (as inzuotrechen(“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”)); compare alsoMiddle Dutchtreck,trec(“stratagem, ruse, guile, trick, sleight”),Englishtrick. More attrick.

• IPA^(key):/tʁi.ʃe/

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tricher

1. tocheat

   Je l’ai vutricher pendant le devoir surveillé.

   I saw himcheating during the test.

   • 1966,Jacques Brel, “Ces gens-là”:

     Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne vit pas Monsieur, on ne vit pas, ontriche

     You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't live, sir, they don't live, theycheat

• tricheur

• “tricher”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

tricher

1. alternativeinfinitive oftrichier

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in-er. In the present tense an extra supportinge is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending-t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Borrowed fromGreekτρικέρι(trikéri).

tricher n (pluraltrichere)

1. triplecandlestick