forcer
Contents
EnglishEdit
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/
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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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | forcer | avoir forcé | |||||
| gerund | en forçant | en ayant forcé | |||||
| present participle | forçant /fɔʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | forcé /fɔʁ.se/ |
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| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | forçai /fɔʁ.se/ |
forças /fɔʁ.sa/ |
força /fɔʁ.sa/ |
forçâmes /fɔʁ.sam/ |
forçâtes /fɔʁ.sat/ |
forcèrent /fɔʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived termsEdit
External linksEdit
- “forcer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).