scier

scier

See also: ścier

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sje/, /si.je/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French scier (with silent ⟨c⟩ in reminiscence of the Latin etymon), from earlier sier, from Old French seier, sier, soiier, seër, from Latin secāre.

Verb

scier

  1. to saw (cut with a saw)
Conjugation
Conjugation of scier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sciant
/sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scié
/sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciait
/sjɛ/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		sciaient
/sjɛ/
past historic2 sciai
/sje/ 		scias
/sja/ 		scia
/sja/ 		sciâmes
/sjam/ 		sciâtes
/sjat/ 		scièrent
/sjɛʁ/
future scierai
/si.ʁe/ 		scieras
/si.ʁa/ 		sciera
/si.ʁa/ 		scierons
/si.ʁɔ̃/ 		scierez
/si.ʁe/ 		scieront
/si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierait
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierions
/si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scieriez
/si.ʁje/ 		scieraient
/si.ʁɛ/
(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 scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect2 sciasse
/sjas/ 		sciasses
/sjas/ 		sciât
/sja/ 		sciassions
/sja.sjɔ̃/ 		sciassiez
/sja.sje/ 		sciassent
/sjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scie
/si/ 		— scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		—
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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Italian sciare, Spanish ciar, both with the same sense. Further origin unknown. Theories include onomatopoeia[1] and derivation from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σχῐ́ον (ĭskhĭ́on, “hip-bone”).[2]

Verb

scier

  1. (nautical) to halt or go backwards
Conjugation
Conjugation of scier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sciant
/sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scié
/sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciait
/sjɛ/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		sciaient
/sjɛ/
past historic2 sciai
/sje/ 		scias
/sja/ 		scia
/sja/ 		sciâmes
/sjam/ 		sciâtes
/sjat/ 		scièrent
/sjɛʁ/
future scierai
/si.ʁe/ 		scieras
/si.ʁa/ 		sciera
/si.ʁa/ 		scierons
/si.ʁɔ̃/ 		scierez
/si.ʁe/ 		scieront
/si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierait
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierions
/si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scieriez
/si.ʁje/ 		scieraient
/si.ʁɛ/
(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 scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect2 sciasse
/sjas/ 		sciasses
/sjas/ 		sciât
/sja/ 		sciassions
/sja.sjɔ̃/ 		sciassiez
/sja.sje/ 		sciassent
/sjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scie
/si/ 		— scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		—
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).

References

  1. ^ sciare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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