lacier

English

Adjective

lacier

1. comparative form of lacy: more lacy

Anagrams

• Carlie, Claire, claire, eclair, éclair

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Old French

Alternative forms

• lacer

Verb

lacier

1. to lace (tie up with laces)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of lacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lacier			avoir lacié
gerund		en laçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		laçant
past participle		lacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	laz	laces	lace	laçons	laciez	lacent
	imperfect	laçoie, laceie, laçoe, lacieve	laçoies, laceies, laçoes, lacieves	laçoit, laceit, laçot, lacieve	laciiens, laciens	laciiez, laciez	laçoient, laceient, laçoent, lacievent
	preterite	laçai	laças	laça	laçames	laçastes	lacierent
	future	lacerai	laceras	lacera	lacerons	laceroiz, lacereiz, lacerez	laceront
	conditional	laceroie, lacereie	laceroies, lacereies	laceroit, lacereit	laceriiens, laceriens	laceriiez, laceriez	laceroient, lacereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	laz	laz	lazt	laçons	laciez	lacent
	imperfect	laçasse	laçasses	laçast	lacissons, lacissiens	lacissoiz, lacissez, lacissiez	laçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	lace	—	laçons	laciez	—

Descendants

• → English: lace
• French: lacer