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bancher

to construct formwork; to pour concrete using formwork

Usage

A technical construction-trade verb meaning to set up banches (formwork panels) before pouring concrete for a wall, pillar, or slab — un mur banché is cast between two such panels.

Examples
  • Les ouvriers banchent le mur avant de couler le béton.The workers set up the formwork before pouring the concrete.
  • Ce chantier utilise des banches métalliques pour bancher rapidement.This site uses metal formwork panels to shutter quickly.
  • Le mur a été banché et coulé en une journée.The wall was shuttered and poured in a single day.
Common mistake

Purely a construction-site term — a general learner will rarely meet it outside a building or renovation context; don't confuse it with the unrelated noun banc (bench).

Simple tenses

Present

jebanche
tubanches
il/ellebanche
nousbanchons
vousbanchez
ils/ellesbanchent

Imperfect

jebanchais
tubanchais
il/ellebanchait
nousbanchions
vousbanchiez
ils/ellesbanchaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jebanchai
tubanchas
il/ellebancha
nousbanchâmes
vousbanchâtes
ils/ellesbanchèrent

Future

jebancherai
tubancheras
il/ellebanchera
nousbancherons
vousbancherez
ils/ellesbancheront

Conditional

jebancherais
tubancherais
il/ellebancherait
nousbancherions
vousbancheriez
ils/ellesbancheraient

Subjunctive

jebanche
tubanches
il/ellebanche
nousbanchions
vousbanchiez
ils/ellesbanchent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jebanchasse
tubanchasses
il/ellebanchât
nousbanchassions
vousbanchassiez
ils/ellesbanchassent

Imperative

tubanche
nousbanchons
vousbanchez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai banché
tuas banché
il/ellea banché
nousavons banché
vousavez banché
ils/ellesont banché

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais banché
tuavais banché
il/elleavait banché
nousavions banché
vousaviez banché
ils/ellesavaient banché

Passé antérieur

jeeus banché
tueus banché
il/elleeut banché
nouseûmes banché
vouseûtes banché
ils/elleseurent banché

Futur antérieur

jeaurai banché
tuauras banché
il/elleaura banché
nousaurons banché
vousaurez banché
ils/ellesauront banché

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais banché
tuaurais banché
il/elleaurait banché
nousaurions banché
vousauriez banché
ils/ellesauraient banché

Subjonctif passé

jeaie banché
tuaies banché
il/elleait banché
nousayons banché
vousayez banché
ils/ellesaient banché

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse banché
tueusses banché
il/elleeût banché
nouseussions banché
vouseussiez banché
ils/elleseussent banché

Impératif passé

tuaie banché
nousayons banché
vousayez banché

Other

Present participle

banchant

Past participle

banché

Infinitive

bancher

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Frequently asked questions

What does "bancher" mean?

"bancher" means "to construct formwork; to pour concrete using formwork".

How do you conjugate "bancher" in the present tense?

The present of "bancher" is: je banche, tu banches, il/elle banche, nous banchons, vous banchez, ils/elles banchent.

What is the Passé composé of "bancher"?

The passé composé of "bancher" is: je ai banché, tu as banché, il/elle a banché, nous avons banché, vous avez banché, ils/elles ont banché.

What is the Imperative of "bancher"?

The imperative of "bancher" is: tu banche, nous banchons, vous banchez.