épucer
French
Etymology
From é- + puce + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.py.se/
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Verb
épucer
- to remove fleas (from an animal)
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 épucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | épucer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | épuçant /e.py.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | épucé /e.py.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | épuce /e.pys/ | épuces /e.pys/ | épuce /e.pys/ | épuçons /e.py.sɔ̃/ | épucez /e.py.se/ | épucent /e.pys/ |
imperfect | épuçais /e.py.sɛ/ | épuçais /e.py.sɛ/ | épuçait /e.py.sɛ/ | épucions /e.py.sjɔ̃/ | épuciez /e.py.sje/ | épuçaient /e.py.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | épuçai /e.py.se/ | épuças /e.py.sa/ | épuça /e.py.sa/ | épuçâmes /e.py.sam/ | épuçâtes /e.py.sat/ | épucèrent /e.py.sɛʁ/ | |
future | épucerai /e.py.sʁe/ | épuceras /e.py.sʁa/ | épucera /e.py.sʁa/ | épucerons /e.py.sʁɔ̃/ | épucerez /e.py.sʁe/ | épuceront /e.py.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | épucerais /e.py.sʁɛ/ | épucerais /e.py.sʁɛ/ | épucerait /e.py.sʁɛ/ | épucerions /e.py.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | épuceriez /e.py.sə.ʁje/ | épuceraient /e.py.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 | épuce /e.pys/ | épuces /e.pys/ | épuce /e.pys/ | épucions /e.py.sjɔ̃/ | épuciez /e.py.sje/ | épucent /e.pys/ |
imperfect2 | épuçasse /e.py.sas/ | épuçasses /e.py.sas/ | épuçât /e.py.sa/ | épuçassions /e.py.sa.sjɔ̃/ | épuçassiez /e.py.sa.sje/ | épuçassent /e.py.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | épuce /e.pys/ | — | épuçons /e.py.sɔ̃/ | épucez /e.py.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). |
Further reading
- “épucer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.