coincer

French

Etymology

From coin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɛ̃.se/

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Verb

coincer

1. to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
2. to turn a corner
3. (informal) to catch out, to expose
4. (informal, intransitive) to cause a problem

   Ça coince encore pour moi! ― I am in trouble again!

5. (figurative) to corner, to trap
6. (reflexive, se coincer) to get stuck

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 coincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	coincer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coinçant /kwɛ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coincé /kwɛ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	coince /kwɛ̃s/	coinces /kwɛ̃s/	coince /kwɛ̃s/	coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/	coincez /kwɛ̃.se/	coincent /kwɛ̃s/
	imperfect	coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/	coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/	coinçait /kwɛ̃.sɛ/	coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/	coinçaient /kwɛ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	coinçai /kwɛ̃.se/	coinças /kwɛ̃.sa/	coinça /kwɛ̃.sa/	coinçâmes /kwɛ̃.sam/	coinçâtes /kwɛ̃.sat/	coincèrent /kwɛ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	coincerai /kwɛ̃.sʁe/	coinceras /kwɛ̃.sʁa/	coincera /kwɛ̃.sʁa/	coincerons /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/	coincerez /kwɛ̃.sʁe/	coinceront /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/	coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/	coincerait /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/	coincerions /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	coinceriez /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁje/	coinceraient /kwɛ̃.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	coince /kwɛ̃s/	coinces /kwɛ̃s/	coince /kwɛ̃s/	coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/	coincent /kwɛ̃s/
	imperfect2	coinçasse /kwɛ̃.sas/	coinçasses /kwɛ̃.sas/	coinçât /kwɛ̃.sa/	coinçassions /kwɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	coinçassiez /kwɛ̃.sa.sje/	coinçassent /kwɛ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	coince /kwɛ̃s/	—	coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/	coincez /kwɛ̃.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

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

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin cognōscō.

Verb

coincer

1. to know; to be familiar with

Derived terms

• coincimiento

See also

• saber

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

coincer

1. (Jersey, reflexive, s'coincer) to get tipsy

Synonyms

• s'coêffi

Related terms

• alleunmé, souard (“tipsy”)