photoamorcer

French

Etymology

From photo- +‎ amorcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.se/

Verb

photoamorcer

1. (chemistry) to photoinitiate

Conjugation

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 photoamorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	photoamorcer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	photoamorçant /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		photoamorcé /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	photoamorce /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorces /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorce /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorçons /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/	photoamorcez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.se/	photoamorcent /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/
	imperfect	photoamorçais /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɛ/	photoamorçais /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɛ/	photoamorçait /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɛ/	photoamorcions /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	photoamorciez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sje/	photoamorçaient /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	photoamorçai /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.se/	photoamorças /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sa/	photoamorça /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sa/	photoamorçâmes /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sam/	photoamorçâtes /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sat/	photoamorcèrent /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	photoamorcerai /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	photoamorceras /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	photoamorcera /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	photoamorcerons /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	photoamorcerez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	photoamorceront /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	photoamorcerais /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	photoamorcerais /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	photoamorcerait /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	photoamorcerions /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	photoamorceriez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁje/	photoamorceraient /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.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	photoamorce /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorces /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorce /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	photoamorcions /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	photoamorciez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sje/	photoamorcent /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/
	imperfect2	photoamorçasse /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sas/	photoamorçasses /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sas/	photoamorçât /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sa/	photoamorçassions /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	photoamorçassiez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sa.sje/	photoamorçassent /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	photoamorce /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁs/	—	photoamorçons /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/	photoamorcez /fɔ.to.a.mɔʁ.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: 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).

Related terms

• photoamorceur