coercer
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɝsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɜːsə/
Noun
editcoercer (plural coercers)
- A person who coerces.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus:
- Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility […]
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcoercer
Conjugation
editConjugation of coercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | coercer | |||||
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compound | avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | — | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | — | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + 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- “coercer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin coercere (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arcere (“to inclose, confine, keep off”); see arcade, arcane, ark.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /koeɾˈθeɾ/ [ko.eɾˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koeɾˈseɾ/ [ko.eɾˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: co‧er‧cer
Verb
editcoercer (first-person singular present coerzo, first-person singular preterite coercí, past participle coercido)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of coercer (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of coercer (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
edit- “coercer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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