effacer
English
Etymology
efface + -er
Noun
effacer (plural effacers)
- One who effaces.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.fa.se/
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Verb
effacer
- to erase
- to efface
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 effacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | effacer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | effaçant /e.fa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | effacé /e.fa.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | efface /e.fas/ | effaces /e.fas/ | efface /e.fas/ | effaçons /e.fa.sɔ̃/ | effacez /e.fa.se/ | effacent /e.fas/ |
imperfect | effaçais /e.fa.sɛ/ | effaçais /e.fa.sɛ/ | effaçait /e.fa.sɛ/ | effacions /e.fa.sjɔ̃/ | effaciez /e.fa.sje/ | effaçaient /e.fa.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | effaçai /e.fa.se/ | effaças /e.fa.sa/ | effaça /e.fa.sa/ | effaçâmes /e.fa.sam/ | effaçâtes /e.fa.sat/ | effacèrent /e.fa.sɛʁ/ | |
future | effacerai /e.fa.sʁe/ | effaceras /e.fa.sʁa/ | effacera /e.fa.sʁa/ | effacerons /e.fa.sʁɔ̃/ | effacerez /e.fa.sʁe/ | effaceront /e.fa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | effacerais /e.fa.sʁɛ/ | effacerais /e.fa.sʁɛ/ | effacerait /e.fa.sʁɛ/ | effacerions /e.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | effaceriez /e.fa.sə.ʁje/ | effaceraient /e.fa.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 | efface /e.fas/ | effaces /e.fas/ | efface /e.fas/ | effacions /e.fa.sjɔ̃/ | effaciez /e.fa.sje/ | effacent /e.fas/ |
imperfect2 | effaçasse /e.fa.sas/ | effaçasses /e.fa.sas/ | effaçât /e.fa.sa/ | effaçassions /e.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | effaçassiez /e.fa.sa.sje/ | effaçassent /e.fa.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | efface /e.fas/ | — | effaçons /e.fa.sɔ̃/ | effacez /e.fa.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). |
Derived terms
- effacement
- effaceur
Further reading
- “effacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.