évincer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvincere, from Latin vincō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.vɛ̃.se/

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Verb

évincer

1. evict (to expel)
2. to depose
3. to knock out, eliminate, do away with, see off

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 évincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	évincer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	évinçant /e.vɛ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		évincé /e.vɛ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	évince /e.vɛ̃s/	évinces /e.vɛ̃s/	évince /e.vɛ̃s/	évinçons /e.vɛ̃.sɔ̃/	évincez /e.vɛ̃.se/	évincent /e.vɛ̃s/
	imperfect	évinçais /e.vɛ̃.sɛ/	évinçais /e.vɛ̃.sɛ/	évinçait /e.vɛ̃.sɛ/	évincions /e.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	évinciez /e.vɛ̃.sje/	évinçaient /e.vɛ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	évinçai /e.vɛ̃.se/	évinças /e.vɛ̃.sa/	évinça /e.vɛ̃.sa/	évinçâmes /e.vɛ̃.sam/	évinçâtes /e.vɛ̃.sat/	évincèrent /e.vɛ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	évincerai /e.vɛ̃.sʁe/	évinceras /e.vɛ̃.sʁa/	évincera /e.vɛ̃.sʁa/	évincerons /e.vɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/	évincerez /e.vɛ̃.sʁe/	évinceront /e.vɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	évincerais /e.vɛ̃.sʁɛ/	évincerais /e.vɛ̃.sʁɛ/	évincerait /e.vɛ̃.sʁɛ/	évincerions /e.vɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	évinceriez /e.vɛ̃.sə.ʁje/	évinceraient /e.vɛ̃.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	évince /e.vɛ̃s/	évinces /e.vɛ̃s/	évince /e.vɛ̃s/	évincions /e.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	évinciez /e.vɛ̃.sje/	évincent /e.vɛ̃s/
	imperfect2	évinçasse /e.vɛ̃.sas/	évinçasses /e.vɛ̃.sas/	évinçât /e.vɛ̃.sa/	évinçassions /e.vɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	évinçassiez /e.vɛ̃.sa.sje/	évinçassent /e.vɛ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	évince /e.vɛ̃s/	—	évinçons /e.vɛ̃.sɔ̃/	évincez /e.vɛ̃.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).

Related terms

• vaincre

Further reading

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