cirer

French

Etymology

From cire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁe/

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Verb

cirer

1. to wax (apply wax to something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cirant /si.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ciré /si.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cire /siʁ/	cires /siʁ/	cire /siʁ/	cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/	cirez /si.ʁe/	cirent /siʁ/
	imperfect	cirais /si.ʁɛ/	cirais /si.ʁɛ/	cirait /si.ʁɛ/	cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/	ciriez /si.ʁje/	ciraient /si.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	cirai /si.ʁe/	ciras /si.ʁa/	cira /si.ʁa/	cirâmes /si.ʁam/	cirâtes /si.ʁat/	cirèrent /si.ʁɛʁ/
	future	cirerai /si.ʁə.ʁe/	cireras /si.ʁə.ʁa/	cirera /si.ʁə.ʁa/	cirerons /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	cirerez /si.ʁə.ʁe/	cireront /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	cirerait /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	cirerions /si.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	cireriez /si.ʁə.ʁje/	cireraient /si.ʁə.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	cire /siʁ/	cires /siʁ/	cire /siʁ/	cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/	ciriez /si.ʁje/	cirent /siʁ/
	imperfect2	cirasse /si.ʁas/	cirasses /si.ʁas/	cirât /si.ʁa/	cirassions /si.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	cirassiez /si.ʁa.sje/	cirassent /si.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cire /siʁ/	—	cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/	cirez /si.ʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• cirer les pompes
• comme un pet sur une toile cirée
• rien à cirer

Related terms

• cirage
• cire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crier

Latin

Verb

cīrer

1. first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of ciō