coincer
French
Etymology
From coin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɛ̃.se/
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Verb
coincer
- to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
- to turn a corner
- (informal) to catch out, to expose
- (informal, intransitive) to cause a problem
- Ça coince encore pour moi! ― I am in trouble again!
- (figuratively) to corner, to trap
- (reflexive, se coincer) to get stuck
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 coincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | coincer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | coinçant /kwɛ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coincé /kwɛ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | coince /kwɛ̃s/ | coinces /kwɛ̃s/ | coince /kwɛ̃s/ | coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ | coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ | coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | coinçait /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ | coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ | coinçaient /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | coinçai /kwɛ̃.se/ | coinças /kwɛ̃.sa/ | coinça /kwɛ̃.sa/ | coinçâmes /kwɛ̃.sam/ | coinçâtes /kwɛ̃.sat/ | coincèrent /kwɛ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | coincerai /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ | coinceras /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ | coincera /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ | coincerons /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | coincerez /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ | coinceront /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ | coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ | coincerait /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ | coincerions /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | coinceriez /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ | coinceraient /kwɛ̃.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 | coince /kwɛ̃s/ | coinces /kwɛ̃s/ | coince /kwɛ̃s/ | coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ | coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ | coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | coinçasse /kwɛ̃.sas/ | coinçasses /kwɛ̃.sas/ | coinçât /kwɛ̃.sa/ | coinçassions /kwɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | coinçassiez /kwɛ̃.sa.sje/ | coinçassent /kwɛ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | coince /kwɛ̃s/ | — | coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ | coincez /kwɛ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “coincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin cognōscō.
Verb
coincer
- to know; to be familiar with
Derived terms
- coincimiento
See also
- saber
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
coincer
- (Jersey, reflexive, s'coincer) to get tipsy
Synonyms
- s'coêffi
Related terms
- alleunmé, souard (“tipsy”)