exaucer

French

Etymology

Originally a variant spelling of exhausser, from Old French exalcier, from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *altiāre, modelled after Classical Latin exaltāre (“raise, extol”). The sense of "fulfill (a prayer)" may have been influenced by Latin exaudīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zo.se/

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Verb

exaucer

1. (transitive, religion) to fulfil the wish of a prayer
   • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:

     Albe et Rome demain prendront une autre face / Tes vœux sont exaucés, elles auront la Paix

     Tomorrow, Alba and Rome will take different attitudes / Your wishes are fulfilled, they will have Peace.

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 exaucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	exaucer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	exauçant /ɛɡ.zo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		exaucé /ɛɡ.zo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	exauce /ɛɡ.zos/	exauces /ɛɡ.zos/	exauce /ɛɡ.zos/	exauçons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/	exaucez /ɛɡ.zo.se/	exaucent /ɛɡ.zos/
	imperfect	exauçais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exauçais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exauçait /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exaucions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/	exauciez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/	exauçaient /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/
	past historic2	exauçai /ɛɡ.zo.se/	exauças /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exauça /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exauçâmes /ɛɡ.zo.sam/	exauçâtes /ɛɡ.zo.sat/	exaucèrent /ɛɡ.zo.sɛʁ/
	future	exaucerai /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/	exauceras /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/	exaucera /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/	exaucerons /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/	exaucerez /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/	exauceront /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	exaucerais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exaucerais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exaucerait /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exaucerions /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	exauceriez /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁje/	exauceraient /ɛɡ.zo.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	exauce /ɛɡ.zos/	exauces /ɛɡ.zos/	exauce /ɛɡ.zos/	exaucions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/	exauciez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/	exaucent /ɛɡ.zos/
	imperfect2	exauçasse /ɛɡ.zo.sas/	exauçasses /ɛɡ.zo.sas/	exauçât /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exauçassions /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sjɔ̃/	exauçassiez /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sje/	exauçassent /ɛɡ.zo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	exauce /ɛɡ.zos/	—	exauçons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/	exaucez /ɛɡ.zo.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).

Derived terms

• exaucement
• inexauçable
• inexaucé

Further reading

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