"change" meaning in French

See change in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-change.wav Forms: changes [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from changer (corresponding to Old French change). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|change}} Old French change Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-,#s}} change m (usually uncountable, plural changes)
  1. exchange Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Derived forms: donner le change, gagner au change, perdre au change Related terms: échange
    Sense id: en-change-fr-noun-qye3KdnM Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃɑ̃ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-change.wav
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} change
  1. inflection of changer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: changer
    Sense id: en-change-fr-verb-ze8gx1Qe Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 4 11 2 4 2 5 7 17 14 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 11 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 14 2 4 2 6 4 17 17 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 10 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 1 4 1 7 5 20 21 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 69 29
  2. inflection of changer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: changer
    Sense id: en-change-fr-verb-JJDS-UgM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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