forcer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)sə(r)
NounEdit
forcer (plural forcers)
- agent noun of force
- The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
- A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Italian forzare, Spanish forzar, Portuguese and Catalan forçar.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /fɔʁ.se/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: forçai, forcé, forcée, forcées, forcés, forcez
VerbEdit
forcer
- to force
ConjugationEdit
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 forcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | forcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | forçant /fɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | forcé /fɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | force /fɔʁs/ |
forces /fɔʁs/ |
force /fɔʁs/ |
forçons /fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
forcez /fɔʁ.se/ |
forcent /fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | forçais /fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
forçais /fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
forçait /fɔʁ.sɛ/ |
forcions /fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
forciez /fɔʁ.sje/ |
forçaient /fɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | forçai /fɔʁ.se/ |
forças /fɔʁ.sa/ |
força /fɔʁ.sa/ |
forçâmes /fɔʁ.sam/ |
forçâtes /fɔʁ.sat/ |
forcèrent /fɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | forcerai /fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
forceras /fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
forcera /fɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
forcerons /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
forcerez /fɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
forceront /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | forcerais /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
forcerais /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
forcerait /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
forcerions /fɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
forceriez /fɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
forceraient /fɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | force /fɔʁs/ |
forces /fɔʁs/ |
force /fɔʁs/ |
forcions /fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
forciez /fɔʁ.sje/ |
forcent /fɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | forçasse /fɔʁ.sas/ |
forçasses /fɔʁ.sas/ |
forçât /fɔʁ.sa/ |
forçassions /fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
forçassiez /fɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
forçassent /fɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | force /fɔʁs/ |
— | forçons /fɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
forcez /fɔʁ.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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “forcer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).