ancrer
French
Etymology
ancre + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kʁe/
Audio (file) - Homophone: encrer
Verb
ancrer
- (nautical) to anchor
- to fix, to anchor, to make permanent
Conjugation
Conjugation of ancrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ancrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ancrant /ɑ̃.kʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ancré /ɑ̃.kʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ancre /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancres /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancre /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancrons /ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | ancrez /ɑ̃.kʁe/ | ancrent /ɑ̃kʁ/ |
imperfect | ancrais /ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | ancrais /ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | ancrait /ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | ancrions /ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ | ancriez /ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ | ancraient /ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ancrai /ɑ̃.kʁe/ | ancras /ɑ̃.kʁa/ | ancra /ɑ̃.kʁa/ | ancrâmes /ɑ̃.kʁam/ | ancrâtes /ɑ̃.kʁat/ | ancrèrent /ɑ̃.kʁɛʁ/ | |
future | ancrerai /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ | ancreras /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ | ancrera /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ | ancrerons /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | ancrerez /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ | ancreront /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ancrerais /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ | ancrerais /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ | ancrerait /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ | ancrerions /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ancreriez /ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁje/ | ancreraient /ɑ̃.kʁə.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 | ancre /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancres /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancre /ɑ̃kʁ/ | ancrions /ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ | ancriez /ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ | ancrent /ɑ̃kʁ/ |
imperfect2 | ancrasse /ɑ̃.kʁas/ | ancrasses /ɑ̃.kʁas/ | ancrât /ɑ̃.kʁa/ | ancrassions /ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ | ancrassiez /ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/ | ancrassent /ɑ̃.kʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ancre /ɑ̃kʁ/ | — | ancrons /ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | ancrez /ɑ̃.kʁe/ | — | |
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
- ancrage
Further reading
- “ancrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
ancrer
- (Jersey, nautical) to anchor