carencer

French

Etymology

From carence +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.se/

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Verb

carencer

1. (transitive) to cause a deficiency (in someone)

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 carencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	carencer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	carençant /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		carencé /ka.ʁɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	carence /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carences /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carence /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carençons /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃/	carencez /ka.ʁɑ̃.se/	carencent /ka.ʁɑ̃s/
	imperfect	carençais /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	carençais /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	carençait /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/	carencions /ka.ʁɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	carenciez /ka.ʁɑ̃.sje/	carençaient /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	carençai /ka.ʁɑ̃.se/	carenças /ka.ʁɑ̃.sa/	carença /ka.ʁɑ̃.sa/	carençâmes /ka.ʁɑ̃.sam/	carençâtes /ka.ʁɑ̃.sat/	carencèrent /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	carencerai /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁe/	carenceras /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁa/	carencera /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁa/	carencerons /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	carencerez /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁe/	carenceront /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	carencerais /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	carencerais /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	carencerait /ka.ʁɑ̃.sʁɛ/	carencerions /ka.ʁɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	carenceriez /ka.ʁɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	carenceraient /ka.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	carence /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carences /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carence /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	carencions /ka.ʁɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	carenciez /ka.ʁɑ̃.sje/	carencent /ka.ʁɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	carençasse /ka.ʁɑ̃.sas/	carençasses /ka.ʁɑ̃.sas/	carençât /ka.ʁɑ̃.sa/	carençassions /ka.ʁɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	carençassiez /ka.ʁɑ̃.sa.sje/	carençassent /ka.ʁɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	carence /ka.ʁɑ̃s/	—	carençons /ka.ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃/	carencez /ka.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

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