exaucer
French edit
Etymology edit
Originally a variant spelling of exhausser, from Old French exalcier, from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *altiāre, modelled after Classical Latin exaltāre (“raise, extol”). The sense of "fulfill (a prayer)" may have been influenced by Latin exaudīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
exaucer
- (transitive, religion) to fulfil the wish of a prayer
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:
- Albe et Rome demain prendront une autre face / Tes vœux sont exaucés, elles auront la Paix
- Tomorrow, Alba and Rome will take different attitudes / Your wishes are fulfilled, they will have Peace.
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 exaucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | exaucer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | exauçant /ɛɡ.zo.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | exaucé /ɛɡ.zo.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | exauce /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exauces /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exauce /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exauçons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/ |
exaucez /ɛɡ.zo.se/ |
exaucent /ɛɡ.zos/ |
| imperfect | exauçais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ |
exauçais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ |
exauçait /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ |
exaucions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/ |
exauciez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/ |
exauçaient /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | exauçai /ɛɡ.zo.se/ |
exauças /ɛɡ.zo.sa/ |
exauça /ɛɡ.zo.sa/ |
exauçâmes /ɛɡ.zo.sam/ |
exauçâtes /ɛɡ.zo.sat/ |
exaucèrent /ɛɡ.zo.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | exaucerai /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/ |
exauceras /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/ |
exaucera /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/ |
exaucerons /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/ |
exaucerez /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/ |
exauceront /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | exaucerais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ |
exaucerais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ |
exaucerait /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ |
exaucerions /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exauceriez /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁje/ |
exauceraient /ɛɡ.zo.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 | exauce /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exauces /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exauce /ɛɡ.zos/ |
exaucions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/ |
exauciez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/ |
exaucent /ɛɡ.zos/ |
| imperfect2 | exauçasse /ɛɡ.zo.sas/ |
exauçasses /ɛɡ.zo.sas/ |
exauçât /ɛɡ.zo.sa/ |
exauçassions /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
exauçassiez /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sje/ |
exauçassent /ɛɡ.zo.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | exauce /ɛɡ.zos/ |
— | exauçons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/ |
exaucez /ɛɡ.zo.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “exaucer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.