retoucher

English

Etymology

retouch +‎ -er

Noun

retoucher (plural retouchers)

  1. One who retouches
    I used to work as a photo retoucher.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ toucher.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tu.ʃe/
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Verb

retoucher

  1. (photography) to retouch
  2. to touch up, to put the finishing touches on

Conjugation
Conjugation of retoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retoucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retouchant
/ʁə.tu.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retouché
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/		 retouchez
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/		 retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchais
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchait
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/		 retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/		 retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/		 retouchaient
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛ/
past historic2 retouchai
/ʁə.tu.ʃe/		 retouchas
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retoucha
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retouchâmes
/ʁə.tu.ʃam/		 retouchâtes
/ʁə.tu.ʃat/		 retouchèrent
/ʁə.tu.ʃɛʁ/
future retoucherai
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/		 retoucheras
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/		 retouchera
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁa/		 retoucherons
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 retoucherez
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁe/		 retoucheront
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherais
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherait
/ʁə.tuʃ.ʁɛ/		 retoucherions
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 retoucheriez
/ʁə.tu.ʃə.ʁje/		 retoucheraient
/ʁə.tuʃ.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 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouches
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 retouchions
/ʁə.tu.ʃjɔ̃/		 retouchiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃje/		 retouchent
/ʁə.tuʃ/
imperfect2 retouchasse
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/		 retouchasses
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/		 retouchât
/ʁə.tu.ʃa/		 retouchassions
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 retouchassiez
/ʁə.tu.ʃa.sje/		 retouchassent
/ʁə.tu.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retouche
/ʁə.tuʃ/		 — retouchons
/ʁə.tu.ʃɔ̃/		 retouchez
/ʁə.tu.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Albanian: retushoj
  • → German: retuschieren
  • → English: retouch
  • → Polish: retuszować

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