cadencer

French

Etymology

From cadence +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.dɑ̃.se/

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Verb

cadencer

1. (transitive) to cadence

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 cadencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cadencer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cadençant /ka.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cadencé /ka.dɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/	cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.se/	cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/
	imperfect	cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/	cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/	cadençait /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/	cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/	cadençaient /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	cadençai /ka.dɑ̃.se/	cadenças /ka.dɑ̃.sa/	cadença /ka.dɑ̃.sa/	cadençâmes /ka.dɑ̃.sam/	cadençâtes /ka.dɑ̃.sat/	cadencèrent /ka.dɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	cadencerai /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/	cadenceras /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/	cadencera /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/	cadencerons /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	cadencerez /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/	cadenceront /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	cadencerait /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	cadencerions /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	cadenceriez /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	cadenceraient /ka.dɑ̃.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	cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/	cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/	cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	cadençasse /ka.dɑ̃.sas/	cadençasses /ka.dɑ̃.sas/	cadençât /ka.dɑ̃.sa/	cadençassions /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	cadençassiez /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sje/	cadençassent /ka.dɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/	—	cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/	cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.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

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