amorcer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
amorcer
- to prime, set in motion
- to begin, to get to work on (to commence a project)
- to break ground (start construction work)
- (computing) to boot
- (fishing) to bait (lace with bait)
- (fishing) to bait, chum (try to attract fish with bait)
- to bait in, to string in, reel in
- to bait (e.g. an enemy, to react)
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 amorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amorcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amorçant /a.mɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amorcé /a.mɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorces /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
amorcez /a.mɔʁ.se/ |
amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorçait /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ |
amorçaient /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amorçai /a.mɔʁ.se/ |
amorças /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorça /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorçâmes /a.mɔʁ.sam/ |
amorçâtes /a.mɔʁ.sat/ |
amorcèrent /a.mɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | amorcerai /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
amorceras /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
amorcera /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
amorcerons /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
amorcerez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
amorceront /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerait /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerions /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amorceriez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
amorceraient /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorces /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ |
amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | amorçasse /a.mɔʁ.sas/ |
amorçasses /a.mɔʁ.sas/ |
amorçât /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorçassions /a.mɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
amorçassiez /a.mɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
amorçassent /a.mɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
— | amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
amorcez /a.mɔʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “amorcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.