épucer
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From é- + puce + -er. Compare Spanish espulgar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
épucer
- (veterinary medicine) to deflea (remove fleas from an animal)
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 épucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | épucer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | épuçant /e.py.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | épucé /e.py.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | épuce /e.pys/ |
épuces /e.pys/ |
épuce /e.pys/ |
épuçons /e.py.sɔ̃/ |
épucez /e.py.se/ |
épucent /e.pys/ |
| imperfect | épuçais /e.py.sɛ/ |
épuçais /e.py.sɛ/ |
épuçait /e.py.sɛ/ |
épucions /e.py.sjɔ̃/ |
épuciez /e.py.sje/ |
épuçaient /e.py.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | épuçai /e.py.se/ |
épuças /e.py.sa/ |
épuça /e.py.sa/ |
épuçâmes /e.py.sam/ |
épuçâtes /e.py.sat/ |
épucèrent /e.py.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | épucerai /e.py.sʁe/ |
épuceras /e.py.sʁa/ |
épucera /e.py.sʁa/ |
épucerons /e.py.sʁɔ̃/ |
épucerez /e.py.sʁe/ |
épuceront /e.py.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | épucerais /e.py.sʁɛ/ |
épucerais /e.py.sʁɛ/ |
épucerait /e.py.sʁɛ/ |
épucerions /e.py.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
épuceriez /e.py.sə.ʁje/ |
épuceraient /e.py.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 | épuce /e.pys/ |
épuces /e.pys/ |
épuce /e.pys/ |
épucions /e.py.sjɔ̃/ |
épuciez /e.py.sje/ |
épucent /e.pys/ |
| imperfect2 | épuçasse /e.py.sas/ |
épuçasses /e.py.sas/ |
épuçât /e.py.sa/ |
épuçassions /e.py.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
épuçassiez /e.py.sa.sje/ |
épuçassent /e.py.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | épuce /e.pys/ |
— | épuçons /e.py.sɔ̃/ |
épucez /e.py.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). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “épucer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.