forcer
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)sə(r)
Noun [edit]
forcer (plural forcers)
- The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
- A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Italian forzare, Spanish forzar, Portuguese and Catalan forçar.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fɔʁ.se/ X-SAMPA: /fOR.se/
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Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: forçai, forcé, forcée, forcées, forcés, forcez
Verb [edit]
forcer
- to force
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 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 | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||