coercer
English
Etymology
coerce + -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɝsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɜːsə/
Noun
coercer (plural coercers)
- One who coerces.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus
- Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility […]
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus
Antonyms
- coercee
Related terms
- coerce
- coercible
- coercion
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coerceo (“I enclose, I encompass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ɛʁ.se/
Verb
coercer
- to limit or restrict
Conjugation
Conjugation of coercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | coercer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | — | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | — | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “coercer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coerceo (“I enclose, I encompass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /koeɾˈθeɾ/ [ko.eɾˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /koeɾˈseɾ/ [ko.eɾˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: co‧er‧cer
Verb
coercer (first-person singular present coerzo, first-person singular preterite coercí, past participle coercido)
- to limit or restrict
Conjugation
Conjugation of coercer (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | coercer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | coerciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | coercido | coercida | |||||
| plural | coercidos | coercidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | coerzo | coercestú coercésvos | coerce | coercemos | coercéis | coercen | |
| imperfect | coercía | coercías | coercía | coercíamos | coercíais | coercían | |
| preterite | coercí | coerciste | coerció | coercimos | coercisteis | coercieron | |
| future | coerceré | coercerás | coercerá | coerceremos | coerceréis | coercerán | |
| conditional | coercería | coercerías | coercería | coerceríamos | coerceríais | coercerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | coerza | coerzastú coerzásvos2 | coerza | coerzamos | coerzáis | coerzan | |
| imperfect (ra) | coerciera | coercieras | coerciera | coerciéramos | coercierais | coercieran | |
| imperfect (se) | coerciese | coercieses | coerciese | coerciésemos | coercieseis | coerciesen | |
| future1 | coerciere | coercieres | coerciere | coerciéremos | coerciereis | coercieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | coercetú coercévos | coerza | coerzamos | coerced | coerzan | ||
| negative | no coerzas | no coerza | no coerzamos | no coerzáis | no coerzan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of coercer (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive coercer | |||||||
| dative | coercerme | coercerte | coercerle, coercerse | coercernos | coerceros | coercerles, coercerse | |
| accusative | coercerme | coercerte | coercerlo, coercerla, coercerse | coercernos | coerceros | coercerlos, coercerlas, coercerse | |
| with gerund coerciendo | |||||||
| dative | coerciéndome | coerciéndote | coerciéndole, coerciéndose | coerciéndonos | coerciéndoos | coerciéndoles, coerciéndose | |
| accusative | coerciéndome | coerciéndote | coerciéndolo, coerciéndola, coerciéndose | coerciéndonos | coerciéndoos | coerciéndolos, coerciéndolas, coerciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative coerce | |||||||
| dative | coérceme | coércete | coércele | coércenos | not used | coérceles | |
| accusative | coérceme | coércete | coércelo, coércela | coércenos | not used | coércelos, coércelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative coercé | |||||||
| dative | coerceme | coercete | coercele | coercenos | not used | coerceles | |
| accusative | coerceme | coercete | coercelo, coercela | coercenos | not used | coercelos, coercelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative coerza | |||||||
| dative | coérzame | not used | coérzale, coérzase | coérzanos | not used | coérzales | |
| accusative | coérzame | not used | coérzalo, coérzala, coérzase | coérzanos | not used | coérzalos, coérzalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative coerzamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | coerzámoste | coerzámosle | coerzámonos | coerzámoos | coerzámosles | |
| accusative | not used | coerzámoste | coerzámoslo, coerzámosla | coerzámonos | coerzámoos | coerzámoslos, coerzámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative coerced | |||||||
| dative | coercedme | not used | coercedle | coercednos | coerceos | coercedles | |
| accusative | coercedme | not used | coercedlo, coercedla | coercednos | coerceos | coercedlos, coercedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative coerzan | |||||||
| dative | coérzanme | not used | coérzanle | coérzannos | not used | coérzanles, coérzanse | |
| accusative | coérzanme | not used | coérzanlo, coérzanla | coérzannos | not used | coérzanlos, coérzanlas, coérzanse | |
Further reading
- “coercer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014