amorcer
French
Etymology
From amorce + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mɔʁ.se/
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Verb
amorcer
- to prime, set in motion
- to begin, to get to work on (to commence a project)
- to break ground (start construction work)
- (computing) to boot
- (fishing) to bait (lace with bait)
- (fishing) to bait, chum (try to attract fish with bait)
- to bait in, to string in, reel in
- to bait (e.g. an enemy, to react)
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 amorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | amorcer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amorçant /a.mɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | amorcé /a.mɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ | amorces /a.mɔʁs/ | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ | amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | amorcez /a.mɔʁ.se/ | amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
imperfect | amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | amorçait /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ | amorçaient /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amorçai /a.mɔʁ.se/ | amorças /a.mɔʁ.sa/ | amorça /a.mɔʁ.sa/ | amorçâmes /a.mɔʁ.sam/ | amorçâtes /a.mɔʁ.sat/ | amorcèrent /a.mɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | amorcerai /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | amorceras /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | amorcera /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | amorcerons /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | amorcerez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | amorceront /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | amorcerait /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | amorcerions /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | amorceriez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ | amorceraient /a.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 | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ | amorces /a.mɔʁs/ | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ | amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ | amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
imperfect2 | amorçasse /a.mɔʁ.sas/ | amorçasses /a.mɔʁ.sas/ | amorçât /a.mɔʁ.sa/ | amorçassions /a.mɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | amorçassiez /a.mɔʁ.sa.sje/ | amorçassent /a.mɔʁ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ | — | amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | amorcez /a.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
- amorçage
- amorce
- amorceur
- désamorcer
Further reading
- “amorcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.