/de.kʁɔ.ʃe/

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Translation

to pick up (the phone), to unhook, to land (a job)

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Word origin

From dé- ('un-') and croc ('hook'), a word of Frankish origin. To unhook something is the literal sense, and answering a telephone kept the image from the old hook receiver.

Origin
Frankish
Root
krok
English cognates
crochet, crook

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedécrochedécrochaisdécrochaidécrocheraidécrocherais
tudécrochesdécrochaisdécrochasdécrocherasdécrocherais
il/elledécrochedécrochaitdécrochadécrocheradécrocherait
nousdécrochonsdécrochionsdécrochâmesdécrocheronsdécrocherions
vousdécrochezdécrochiezdécrochâtesdécrocherezdécrocheriez
ils/ellesdécrochentdécrochaientdécrochèrentdécrocherontdécrocheraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedécrochedécrochasse
tudécrochesdécrochasses
il/elledécrochedécrochât
nousdécrochionsdécrochassions
vousdécrochiezdécrochassiez
ils/ellesdécrochentdécrochassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudécroche
nousdécrochons
vousdécrochez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
décrochant
Past participle
décroché · décrochée · décrochés · décrochées

Examples

, .

Pick up, it's your mother.

.

Nobody answers on that number.

.

She took the picture down off the wall.

Paris.

He landed a job in Paris.

.

They never pick up in the evening.

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This word is taught in chapter 24, lesson 8: décrocher, clinique, lentement and 7 more words.