forcer

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)sə(r)

EtymologyEdit

force +‎ -er

NounEdit

forcer (plural forcers)

1. agent noun of force
2. The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
3. A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

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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/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: forçai, forcé, forcée, forcées, forcés, forcez

VerbEdit

forcer

1. 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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		forcer			avoir forcé
gerund		en forçant			en ayant forcé
present participle		forçant /fɔʁ.sɑ̃/
past participle		forcé /fɔʁ.se/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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	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	force /fɔʁs/	forces /fɔʁs/	force /fɔʁs/	forcions /fɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	forciez /fɔʁ.sje/	forcent /fɔʁs/
	imperfect1	forçasse /fɔʁ.sas/	forçasses /fɔʁ.sas/	forçât /fɔʁ.sa/	forçassions /fɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	forçassiez /fɔʁ.sa.sje/	forçassent /fɔʁ.sas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	force /fɔʁs/	—	forçons /fɔʁ.sɔ̃/	forcez /fɔʁ.se/	—
1literary tenses

Derived termsEdit

• forceur

Further readingEdit

• “forcer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).