concurrencer

French

Etymology

From concurrence +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

concurrencer

1. (transitive) to compete with, be in competition with

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 concurrencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	concurrencer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	concurrençant /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		concurrencé /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	concurrence /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrences /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrence /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrençons /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃/	concurrencez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.se/	concurrencent /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/
	imperfect	concurrençais /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	concurrençais /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	concurrençait /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	concurrencions /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	concurrenciez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sje/	concurrençaient /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	concurrençai /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.se/	concurrenças /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sa/	concurrença /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sa/	concurrençâmes /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sam/	concurrençâtes /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sat/	concurrencèrent /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	concurrencerai /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁe/	concurrenceras /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁa/	concurrencera /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁa/	concurrencerons /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	concurrencerez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁe/	concurrenceront /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	concurrencerais /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	concurrencerais /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	concurrencerait /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	concurrencerions /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	concurrenceriez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	concurrenceraient /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.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	concurrence /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrences /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrence /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	concurrencions /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	concurrenciez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sje/	concurrencent /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	concurrençasse /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sas/	concurrençasses /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sas/	concurrençât /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sa/	concurrençassions /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	concurrençassiez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sa.sje/	concurrençassent /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	concurrence /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃s/	—	concurrençons /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃/	concurrencez /kɔ̃.ky.ʁɑ̃.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: 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).

Further reading

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