désamorcer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
désamorcer
- to defuse (e.g. a weapon)
- to forestall, to hinder, to prevent something from happening
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 désamorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | désamorcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | désamorçant /de.za.mɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | désamorcé /de.za.mɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | désamorce /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorces /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorce /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorçons /de.za.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | désamorcez /de.za.mɔʁ.se/ | désamorcent /de.za.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | désamorçais /de.za.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | désamorçais /de.za.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | désamorçait /de.za.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | désamorcions /de.za.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | désamorciez /de.za.mɔʁ.sje/ | désamorçaient /de.za.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | désamorçai /de.za.mɔʁ.se/ | désamorças /de.za.mɔʁ.sa/ | désamorça /de.za.mɔʁ.sa/ | désamorçâmes /de.za.mɔʁ.sam/ | désamorçâtes /de.za.mɔʁ.sat/ | désamorcèrent /de.za.mɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | désamorcerai /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | désamorceras /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | désamorcera /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | désamorcerons /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | désamorcerez /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | désamorceront /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | désamorcerais /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | désamorcerais /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | désamorcerait /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | désamorcerions /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | désamorceriez /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ | désamorceraient /de.za.mɔʁ.sə.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 | désamorce /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorces /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorce /de.za.mɔʁs/ | désamorcions /de.za.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | désamorciez /de.za.mɔʁ.sje/ | désamorcent /de.za.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | désamorçasse /de.za.mɔʁ.sas/ | désamorçasses /de.za.mɔʁ.sas/ | désamorçât /de.za.mɔʁ.sa/ | désamorçassions /de.za.mɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | désamorçassiez /de.za.mɔʁ.sa.sje/ | désamorçassent /de.za.mɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | désamorce /de.za.mɔʁs/ | — | désamorçons /de.za.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | désamorcez /de.za.mɔʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- amorcer
- désamorçage
Further reading
- “désamorcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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