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pétocher

French, verb/pe.tɔ.ʃe/

pétocher is spelled P-É-T-O-C-H-E-R (8 letters). Pétocher is a French verb meaning “to fear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avoir la pétoche, avoir peur”.

What does pétocher mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalto fear

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Avoir la pétoche, avoir peur.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of pétocher

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • pétochant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • pétoché participle past
  • pétoche first-person indicative present
  • pétoches indicative present second-person
  • pétochons first-person indicative plural
  • pétochez indicative plural present
  • pétochent indicative plural present
  • pétochais first-person imperfect indicative
  • pétochait imperfect indicative singular
  • pétochions first-person imperfect indicative
  • pétochiez imperfect indicative plural
  • pétochaient imperfect indicative plural
  • pétochai first-person historic indicative
  • pétochas historic indicative past
  • pétocha historic indicative past
  • pétochâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pétocher?

  • /pe.tɔ.ʃe/
  • \pe.tɔ.ʃe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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