scier
See also: ścier
French
Etymology
From Middle French scier (with silent ⟨c⟩ in reminiscence of the Latin etymon), from earlier sier, from Old French seier~sier~soiier~seër, from Latin secō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sje/
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Verb
scier
- to saw, to cut with a saw
Conjugation
Conjugation of scier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | scier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sciant /sjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | scié /sje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | scie /si/ | scies /si/ | scie /si/ | scions /sjɔ̃/ | sciez /sje/ | scient /si/ |
| imperfect | sciais /sjɛ/ | sciais /sjɛ/ | sciait /sjɛ/ | sciions /si.jɔ̃/ | sciiez /si.je/ | sciaient /sjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sciai /sje/ | scias /sja/ | scia /sja/ | sciâmes /sjam/ | sciâtes /sjat/ | scièrent /sjɛʁ/ | |
| future | scierai /si.ʁe/ | scieras /si.ʁa/ | sciera /si.ʁa/ | scierons /si.ʁɔ̃/ | scierez /si.ʁe/ | scieront /si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scierais /si.ʁɛ/ | scierais /si.ʁɛ/ | scierait /si.ʁɛ/ | scierions /si.ʁjɔ̃/ | scieriez /si.ʁje/ | scieraient /si.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 | scie /si/ | scies /si/ | scie /si/ | sciions /si.jɔ̃/ | sciiez /si.je/ | scient /si/ |
| imperfect2 | sciasse /sjas/ | sciasses /sjas/ | sciât /sja/ | sciassions /sja.sjɔ̃/ | sciassiez /sja.sje/ | sciassent /sjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | scie /si/ | — | scions /sjɔ̃/ | sciez /sje/ | — | |
| 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
- fusil à canon scié
- scie
- sciage
Further reading
- “scier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cires, cirés
- cries, criés
- crise
- écris