coincer
French edit
Etymology edit
From coin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
coincer
- to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
- to turn a corner
- (informal) to catch out, to expose
- (informal, intransitive) to cause a problem
- Ça coince encore pour moi! ― I am in trouble again!
- (figurative) to corner, to trap
- (reflexive, se coincer) to get stuck
Conjugation edit
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 coincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | coincer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | coinçant /kwɛ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coincé /kwɛ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçait /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coinçaient /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | coinçai /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coinças /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinça /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçâmes /kwɛ̃.sam/ |
coinçâtes /kwɛ̃.sat/ |
coincèrent /kwɛ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | coincerai /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceras /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincera /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincerons /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
coincerez /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceront /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerait /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerions /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coinceriez /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
coinceraient /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | coinçasse /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçasses /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçât /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçassions /kwɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
coinçassiez /kwɛ̃.sa.sje/ |
coinçassent /kwɛ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
— | coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “coincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
coincer
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Etymology edit
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Verb edit
coincer