gracier

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin grātiō, from Latin grātia. By surface analysis, grâce +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.sje/

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Verb

gracier

1. to pardon, to issue a pardon to

Conjugation

Conjugation of gracier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gracier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	graciant /ɡʁa.sjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gracié /ɡʁa.sje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gracie /ɡʁa.si/	gracies /ɡʁa.si/	gracie /ɡʁa.si/	gracions /ɡʁa.sjɔ̃/	graciez /ɡʁa.sje/	gracient /ɡʁa.si/
	imperfect	graciais /ɡʁa.sjɛ/	graciais /ɡʁa.sjɛ/	graciait /ɡʁa.sjɛ/	graciions /ɡʁa.si.jɔ̃/	graciiez /ɡʁa.si.je/	graciaient /ɡʁa.sjɛ/
	past historic2	graciai /ɡʁa.sje/	gracias /ɡʁa.sja/	gracia /ɡʁa.sja/	graciâmes /ɡʁa.sjam/	graciâtes /ɡʁa.sjat/	gracièrent /ɡʁa.sjɛʁ/
	future	gracierai /ɡʁa.si.ʁe/	gracieras /ɡʁa.si.ʁa/	graciera /ɡʁa.si.ʁa/	gracierons /ɡʁa.si.ʁɔ̃/	gracierez /ɡʁa.si.ʁe/	gracieront /ɡʁa.si.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gracierais /ɡʁa.si.ʁɛ/	gracierais /ɡʁa.si.ʁɛ/	gracierait /ɡʁa.si.ʁɛ/	gracierions /ɡʁa.si.ʁjɔ̃/	gracieriez /ɡʁa.si.ʁje/	gracieraient /ɡʁa.si.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	gracie /ɡʁa.si/	gracies /ɡʁa.si/	gracie /ɡʁa.si/	graciions /ɡʁa.si.jɔ̃/	graciiez /ɡʁa.si.je/	gracient /ɡʁa.si/
	imperfect2	graciasse /ɡʁa.sjas/	graciasses /ɡʁa.sjas/	graciât /ɡʁa.sja/	graciassions /ɡʁa.sja.sjɔ̃/	graciassiez /ɡʁa.sja.sje/	graciassent /ɡʁa.sjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gracie /ɡʁa.si/	—	gracions /ɡʁa.sjɔ̃/	graciez /ɡʁa.sje/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “gracier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.