achalander

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ chaland +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/

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• Homophones: achalandai, achalandé, achalandée, achalandées, achalandés, achalandez

Verb

achalander

1. (transitive) to supply with clientele

Conjugation

Conjugation of achalander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	achalander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	achalandant /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		achalandé /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalandes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalandons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɔ̃/	achalandez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/	achalandent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/
	imperfect	achalandais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/	achalandais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/	achalandait /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/	achalandions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.djɔ̃/	achalandiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dje/	achalandaient /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	achalandai /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/	achalandas /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/	achalanda /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/	achalandâmes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dam/	achalandâtes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dat/	achalandèrent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	achalanderai /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁe/	achalanderas /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁa/	achalandera /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁa/	achalanderons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	achalanderez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁe/	achalanderont /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	achalanderais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/	achalanderais /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/	achalanderait /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/	achalanderions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	achalanderiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.də.ʁje/	achalanderaient /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalandes /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	achalandions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.djɔ̃/	achalandiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dje/	achalandent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	achalandasse /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/	achalandasses /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/	achalandât /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da/	achalandassions /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	achalandassiez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.da.sje/	achalandassent /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	achalande /a.ʃa.lɑ̃d/	—	achalandons /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.dɔ̃/	achalandez /a.ʃa.lɑ̃.de/	—
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

• busy, bustling with customers
• achalandage (“clientele, patronage, business”)

Further reading

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