sexer

English

Etymology

sex +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɛksə(ɹ)

Noun

sexer (plural sexers)

Agent noun of the verb, to sex; one who determines the sex of living things.

Related terms

same-sexer

Anagrams

rexes

French

Etymology

From sexe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛk.se/
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Verb

sexer

to sex (chickens etc)
to engage in sexual activity

Conjugation

Conjugation of sexer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	sexer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	sexant /sɛk.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sexé /sɛk.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sexe /sɛks/	sexes /sɛks/	sexe /sɛks/	sexons /sɛk.sɔ̃/	sexez /sɛk.se/	sexent /sɛks/
	imperfect	sexais /sɛk.sɛ/	sexais /sɛk.sɛ/	sexait /sɛk.sɛ/	sexions /sɛk.sjɔ̃/	sexiez /sɛk.sje/	sexaient /sɛk.sɛ/
	past historic²	sexai /sɛk.se/	sexas /sɛk.sa/	sexa /sɛk.sa/	sexâmes /sɛk.sam/	sexâtes /sɛk.sat/	sexèrent /sɛk.sɛʁ/
	future	sexerai /sɛk.sə.ʁe/	sexeras /sɛk.sə.ʁa/	sexera /sɛk.sə.ʁa/	sexerons /sɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/	sexerez /sɛk.sə.ʁe/	sexeront /sɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sexerais /sɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	sexerais /sɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	sexerait /sɛk.sə.ʁɛ/	sexerions /sɛk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	sexeriez /sɛk.sə.ʁje/	sexeraient /sɛk.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	sexe /sɛks/	sexes /sɛks/	sexe /sɛks/	sexions /sɛk.sjɔ̃/	sexiez /sɛk.sje/	sexent /sɛks/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	sexasse /sɛk.sas/	sexasses /sɛk.sas/	sexât /sɛk.sa/	sexassions /sɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/	sexassiez /sɛk.sa.sje/	sexassent /sɛk.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	sexe /sɛks/	—	sexons /sɛk.sɔ̃/	sexez /sɛk.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).

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