lacer

English

Etymology

to lace + -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"leIs.@(r)/
• Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)
• Homophone: laser (Etymology 2)

Noun

lacer (plural lacers)

1. A person or thing who laces

Anagrams

• carle, Clare, clear, Clear

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /la.se/

Verb

lacer

1. To lace, to lace up

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 lacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lacer			avoir lacé
gerund		en laçant			en ayant lacé
present participle		laçant
past participle		lacé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lace	laces	lace	laçons	lacez	lacent
	imperfect	laçais	laçais	laçait	lacions	laciez	laçaient
	past historic1	laçai	laças	laça	laçâmes	laçâtes	lacèrent
	future	lacerai	laceras	lacera	lacerons	lacerez	laceront
	conditional	lacerais	lacerais	lacerait	lacerions	laceriez	laceraient
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	lace	laces	lace	lacions	laciez	lacent
	imperfect1	laçasse	laçasses	laçât	laçassions	laçassiez	laçassent
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	–
		—	lace	—	laçons	lacez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• lacet

Anagrams

• caler, racle, raclé

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Latin

Adjective

lacer m (feminine lacera, neuter lacerum); first/second declension

1. lacerated, mangled, torn to pieces

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	lacer	lacera	lacerum		lacerī	lacerae	lacera
genitive	lacerī	lacerae	lacerī		lacerōrum	lacerārum	lacerōrum
dative	lacerō	lacerae	lacerō		lacerīs	lacerīs	lacerīs
accusative	lacerum	laceram	lacerum		lacerōs	lacerās	lacera
ablative	lacerō	lacerā	lacerō		lacerīs	lacerīs	lacerīs
vocative	lacer	lacera	lacerum		lacerī	lacerae	lacera

Related terms

• lacerābilis
• lacerātiō
• lacerātor
• lacerātrix
• lacerō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• lacier

Verb

lacer

1. to lace (tie up with laces)

Conjugation

• This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of lacer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lacer			avoir lacé, lacez
gerund		en laçant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		laçant
past participle		lacé, lacez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lace	laces	lace	laçons	lacez, lacés	lacent
	imperfect	laçoe, laceie, laçoie	laçoes, laceies, laçoies	laçot, laceit, laçoit	lacions, laciions	laciez, laciiez	laçoent, laient, laçoient
	past historic	laça	laças	laça	laçames	laçastes	lacerent
	future	lacerai	laceras	lacera	lacerons	lacerez, lacereiz	laceront
	conditional	laceroe, lacereie, laceroie	laceroes, lacereied, laceroied	lacerot, lacereie, laceroie	lacerions, laceriions	laceriez, laceriiez	laceroent, lacereient, laceroient
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 anterior	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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lace	laces	lace	laçons	lacez	lacent
	imperfect	laçasse	laçasses	laçast	lacissons	lacissez, lacissiez	laçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	lace	—	laçons	lacez	—

Descendants

• English: lace
• French: lacer