sucer
French
Etymology
From Middle French sucer, sucher, succer, from Old French sucer, from Vulgar Latin *sūctiō, *sūctiāre, derived from the supine stem sūctum of Latin sūgō (“to suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.se/
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Verb
sucer
- to suck
- Elle suçait un bonbon. ― She was sucking a sweet.
- (slang, vulgar) to give head
- Elle suce trop bien ― She gives great head.
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 sucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sucer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | suçant /sy.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sucé /sy.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | suce /sys/ | suces /sys/ | suce /sys/ | suçons /sy.sɔ̃/ | sucez /sy.se/ | sucent /sys/ |
| imperfect | suçais /sy.sɛ/ | suçais /sy.sɛ/ | suçait /sy.sɛ/ | sucions /sy.sjɔ̃/ | suciez /sy.sje/ | suçaient /sy.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | suçai /sy.se/ | suças /sy.sa/ | suça /sy.sa/ | suçâmes /sy.sam/ | suçâtes /sy.sat/ | sucèrent /sy.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | sucerai /sy.sʁe/ | suceras /sy.sʁa/ | sucera /sy.sʁa/ | sucerons /sy.sʁɔ̃/ | sucerez /sy.sʁe/ | suceront /sy.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sucerais /sy.sʁɛ/ | sucerais /sy.sʁɛ/ | sucerait /sy.sʁɛ/ | sucerions /sy.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | suceriez /sy.sə.ʁje/ | suceraient /sy.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 | suce /sys/ | suces /sys/ | suce /sys/ | sucions /sy.sjɔ̃/ | suciez /sy.sje/ | sucent /sys/ |
| imperfect2 | suçasse /sy.sas/ | suçasses /sy.sas/ | suçât /sy.sa/ | suçassions /sy.sa.sjɔ̃/ | suçassiez /sy.sa.sje/ | suçassent /sy.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | suce /sys/ | — | suçons /sy.sɔ̃/ | sucez /sy.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
- sucer de son pouce
- suceur
- suçoir
Related terms
- sucette
Further reading
- “sucer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crues, crûes, cures, curés, écrus, reçus, sucre, sucré