effacer
English
Etymology
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Noun
effacer (plural effacers)
- One who effaces.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French esfacier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.fa.se/
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Verb
effacer
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 effacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | effacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | effaçant /e.fa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | effacé /e.fa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | efface /e.fas/ |
effaces /e.fas/ |
efface /e.fas/ |
effaçons /e.fa.sɔ̃/ |
effacez /e.fa.se/ |
effacent /e.fas/ |
| imperfect | effaçais /e.fa.sɛ/ |
effaçais /e.fa.sɛ/ |
effaçait /e.fa.sɛ/ |
effacions /e.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
effaciez /e.fa.sje/ |
effaçaient /e.fa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | effaçai /e.fa.se/ |
effaças /e.fa.sa/ |
effaça /e.fa.sa/ |
effaçâmes /e.fa.sam/ |
effaçâtes /e.fa.sat/ |
effacèrent /e.fa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | effacerai /e.fa.sʁe/ |
effaceras /e.fa.sʁa/ |
effacera /e.fa.sʁa/ |
effacerons /e.fa.sʁɔ̃/ |
effacerez /e.fa.sʁe/ |
effaceront /e.fa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | effacerais /e.fa.sʁɛ/ |
effacerais /e.fa.sʁɛ/ |
effacerait /e.fa.sʁɛ/ |
effacerions /e.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effaceriez /e.fa.sə.ʁje/ |
effaceraient /e.fa.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 | efface /e.fas/ |
effaces /e.fas/ |
efface /e.fas/ |
effacions /e.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
effaciez /e.fa.sje/ |
effacent /e.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | effaçasse /e.fa.sas/ |
effaçasses /e.fa.sas/ |
effaçât /e.fa.sa/ |
effaçassions /e.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
effaçassiez /e.fa.sa.sje/ |
effaçassent /e.fa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | efface /e.fas/ |
— | effaçons /e.fa.sɔ̃/ |
effacez /e.fa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “effacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012