forcer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)sə(r)

Noun

forcer (plural forcers)

1. The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
2. A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Italian forzare, Spanish forzar, Portuguese and Catalan forçar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔʁ.se/ X-SAMPA: /fOR.se/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: forçai, forcé, forcée, forcées, forcés, forcez

Verb

forcer

1. to force

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 forcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		forcer			avoir forcé
gerund		en forçant			en ayant forcé
present participle		forçant
past participle		forcé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	force	forces	force	forçons	forcez	forcent
	imperfect	forçais	forçais	forçait	forcions	forciez	forçaient
	past historic1	forçai	forças	força	forçâmes	forçâtes	forcèrent
	future	forcerai	forceras	forcera	forcerons	forcerez	forceront
	conditional	forcerais	forcerais	forcerait	forcerions	forceriez	forceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	force	forces	force	forcions	forciez	forcent
	imperfect1	forçasse	forçasses	forçât	forçassions	forçassiez	forçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	force	—	forçons	forcez	—
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