prémâcher
French, verb/pʁe.ma.ʃe/
prémâcher is spelled P-R-É-M-Â-C-H-E-R (9 letters). Prémâcher is a French verb meaning “to prechew (to chew in advance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mâcher préalablement”.
What does prémâcher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prechew (to chew in advance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mâcher préalablement. 2. Simplifier, avancer une tâche pour la rendre plus facile à réaliser.
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 prémâcher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prémâchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- prémâché participle past
- prémâche first-person indicative present
- prémâches indicative present second-person
- prémâchons first-person indicative plural
- prémâchez indicative plural present
- prémâchent indicative plural present
- prémâchais first-person imperfect indicative
- prémâchait imperfect indicative singular
- prémâchions first-person imperfect indicative
- prémâchiez imperfect indicative plural
- prémâchaient imperfect indicative plural
- prémâchai first-person historic indicative
- prémâchas historic indicative past
- prémâcha historic indicative past
- prémâchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prémâcher?
- /pʁe.ma.ʃe/
- /pʁe.mɑ.ʃe/
- \pʁe.mɑ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.