handicaper

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/

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Verb

handicaper

1. to handicap (to encumber with a handicap)

Conjugation

Conjugation of handicaper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	handicaper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	handicapant /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		handicapé /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	handicape /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicapes /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicape /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicapons /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɔ̃/	handicapez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/	handicapent /ɑ̃.di.kap/
	imperfect	handicapais /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɛ/	handicapais /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɛ/	handicapait /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɛ/	handicapions /ɑ̃.di.ka.pjɔ̃/	handicapiez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pje/	handicapaient /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɛ/
	past historic2	handicapai /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/	handicapas /ɑ̃.di.ka.pa/	handicapa /ɑ̃.di.ka.pa/	handicapâmes /ɑ̃.di.ka.pam/	handicapâtes /ɑ̃.di.ka.pat/	handicapèrent /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɛʁ/
	future	handicaperai /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁe/	handicaperas /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁa/	handicapera /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁa/	handicaperons /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɔ̃/	handicaperez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁe/	handicaperont /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	handicaperais /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɛ/	handicaperais /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɛ/	handicaperait /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɛ/	handicaperions /ɑ̃.di.ka.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	handicaperiez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pə.ʁje/	handicaperaient /ɑ̃.di.ka.pʁɛ/
(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	handicape /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicapes /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicape /ɑ̃.di.kap/	handicapions /ɑ̃.di.ka.pjɔ̃/	handicapiez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pje/	handicapent /ɑ̃.di.kap/
	imperfect2	handicapasse /ɑ̃.di.ka.pas/	handicapasses /ɑ̃.di.ka.pas/	handicapât /ɑ̃.di.ka.pa/	handicapassions /ɑ̃.di.ka.pa.sjɔ̃/	handicapassiez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pa.sje/	handicapassent /ɑ̃.di.ka.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	handicape /ɑ̃.di.kap/	—	handicapons /ɑ̃.di.ka.pɔ̃/	handicapez /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/	—
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

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