acquiescer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.kje.se/, X-SAMPA: /a.kje.se/

Verb

acquiescer

1. to acquiesce

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

   Conjugation of acquiescer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acquiescer			avoir acquiescé
gerund		en acquiesçant			en ayant acquiescé
present participle		acquiesçant
past participle		acquiescé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	acquiesce	acquiesces	acquiesce	acquiesçons	acquiescez	acquiescent
	imperfect	acquiesçais	acquiesçais	acquiesçait	acquiescions	acquiesciez	acquiesçaient
	past historic1	acquiesçai	acquiesças	acquiesça	acquiesçâmes	acquiesçâtes	acquiescèrent
	future	acquiescerai	acquiesceras	acquiescera	acquiescerons	acquiescerez	acquiesceront
	conditional	acquiescerais	acquiescerais	acquiescerait	acquiescerions	acquiesceriez	acquiesceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	acquiesce	acquiesces	acquiesce	acquiescions	acquiesciez	acquiescent
	imperfect1	acquiesçasse	acquiesçasses	acquiesçât	acquiesçassions	acquiesçassiez	acquiesçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	acquiesce	—	acquiesçons	acquiescez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• acquiescement