matcher

English

Etymology

From match +‎ -er. Cognate with Old Frisian mekere (“matchmaker”).

Noun

matcher (plural matchers)

1. One who who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages or relationships for others; a matchmaker.
2. Something that matches.

   There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.

Anagrams

• marchet, martech, rematch

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

matcher

1. to face off; to face (in a competition)
2. to match (e.g. on dating app)

Conjugation

Conjugation of matcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	matcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	matchant /mat.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		matché /mat.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	matche /matʃ/	matches /matʃ/	matche /matʃ/	matchons /mat.ʃɔ̃/	matchez /mat.ʃe/	matchent /matʃ/
	imperfect	matchais /mat.ʃɛ/	matchais /mat.ʃɛ/	matchait /mat.ʃɛ/	matchions /mat.ʃjɔ̃/	matchiez /mat.ʃje/	matchaient /mat.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	matchai /mat.ʃe/	matchas /mat.ʃa/	matcha /mat.ʃa/	matchâmes /mat.ʃam/	matchâtes /mat.ʃat/	matchèrent /mat.ʃɛʁ/
	future	matcherai /mat.ʃə.ʁe/	matcheras /mat.ʃə.ʁa/	matchera /mat.ʃə.ʁa/	matcherons /mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	matcherez /mat.ʃə.ʁe/	matcheront /mat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	matcherais /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	matcherais /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	matcherait /mat.ʃə.ʁɛ/	matcherions /mat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	matcheriez /mat.ʃə.ʁje/	matcheraient /mat.ʃə.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	matche /matʃ/	matches /matʃ/	matche /matʃ/	matchions /mat.ʃjɔ̃/	matchiez /mat.ʃje/	matchent /matʃ/
	imperfect2	matchasse /mat.ʃas/	matchasses /mat.ʃas/	matchât /mat.ʃa/	matchassions /mat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	matchassiez /mat.ʃa.sje/	matchassent /mat.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	matche /matʃ/	—	matchons /mat.ʃɔ̃/	matchez /mat.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).

Further reading

• “matcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

matcher

1. present of matche

Swedish

Noun

matcher

1. indefinite plural of match