cirer
French
Etymology
cire + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ʁe/
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Verb
cirer
- to wax (apply wax to something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cirer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cirant /si.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ciré /si.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cire /siʁ/ | cires /siʁ/ | cire /siʁ/ | cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/ | cirez /si.ʁe/ | cirent /siʁ/ |
imperfect | cirais /si.ʁɛ/ | cirais /si.ʁɛ/ | cirait /si.ʁɛ/ | cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/ | ciriez /si.ʁje/ | ciraient /si.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cirai /si.ʁe/ | ciras /si.ʁa/ | cira /si.ʁa/ | cirâmes /si.ʁam/ | cirâtes /si.ʁat/ | cirèrent /si.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | cirerai /si.ʁə.ʁe/ | cireras /si.ʁə.ʁa/ | cirera /si.ʁə.ʁa/ | cirerons /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | cirerez /si.ʁə.ʁe/ | cireront /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | cirerait /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | cirerions /si.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cireriez /si.ʁə.ʁje/ | cireraient /si.ʁə.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 | cire /siʁ/ | cires /siʁ/ | cire /siʁ/ | cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/ | ciriez /si.ʁje/ | cirent /siʁ/ |
imperfect2 | cirasse /si.ʁas/ | cirasses /si.ʁas/ | cirât /si.ʁa/ | cirassions /si.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | cirassiez /si.ʁa.sje/ | cirassent /si.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cire /siʁ/ | — | cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/ | cirez /si.ʁe/ | — | |
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
- cirer les pompes
- comme un pet sur une toile cirée
- rien à cirer
Related terms
- cirage
- cire
Further reading
- “cirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crier
Latin
Verb
cīrer
- first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of ciō