glacer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin glaciāre. Synchronically glace + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
glacer
- (transitive) to freeze; to turn to ice
- (figuratively, transitive) to freeze
- to ice (cover with icing)
- (reflexive, se glacer) to turn to ice (become ice)
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 glacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | glacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | glaçant /ɡla.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | glacé /ɡla.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | glace /ɡlas/ |
glaces /ɡlas/ |
glace /ɡlas/ |
glaçons /ɡla.sɔ̃/ |
glacez /ɡla.se/ |
glacent /ɡlas/ |
| imperfect | glaçais /ɡla.sɛ/ |
glaçais /ɡla.sɛ/ |
glaçait /ɡla.sɛ/ |
glacions /ɡla.sjɔ̃/ |
glaciez /ɡla.sje/ |
glaçaient /ɡla.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | glaçai /ɡla.se/ |
glaças /ɡla.sa/ |
glaça /ɡla.sa/ |
glaçâmes /ɡla.sam/ |
glaçâtes /ɡla.sat/ |
glacèrent /ɡla.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | glacerai /ɡla.sʁe/ |
glaceras /ɡla.sʁa/ |
glacera /ɡla.sʁa/ |
glacerons /ɡla.sʁɔ̃/ |
glacerez /ɡla.sʁe/ |
glaceront /ɡla.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | glacerais /ɡla.sʁɛ/ |
glacerais /ɡla.sʁɛ/ |
glacerait /ɡla.sʁɛ/ |
glacerions /ɡla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
glaceriez /ɡla.sə.ʁje/ |
glaceraient /ɡla.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 | glace /ɡlas/ |
glaces /ɡlas/ |
glace /ɡlas/ |
glacions /ɡla.sjɔ̃/ |
glaciez /ɡla.sje/ |
glacent /ɡlas/ |
| imperfect2 | glaçasse /ɡla.sas/ |
glaçasses /ɡla.sas/ |
glaçât /ɡla.sa/ |
glaçassions /ɡla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
glaçassiez /ɡla.sa.sje/ |
glaçassent /ɡla.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | glace /ɡlas/ |
— | glaçons /ɡla.sɔ̃/ |
glacez /ɡla.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
Descendants edit
- → Italian: glassare
References edit
- “glacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.