cadencer
French
Etymology
cadence + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.dɑ̃.se/
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Verb
cadencer
- (transitive) to cadence
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 cadencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cadencer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cadençant /ka.dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cadencé /ka.dɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.se/ | cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
imperfect | cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | cadençais /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | cadençait /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/ | cadençaient /ka.dɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cadençai /ka.dɑ̃.se/ | cadenças /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ | cadença /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ | cadençâmes /ka.dɑ̃.sam/ | cadençâtes /ka.dɑ̃.sat/ | cadencèrent /ka.dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | cadencerai /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/ | cadenceras /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/ | cadencera /ka.dɑ̃.sʁa/ | cadencerons /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | cadencerez /ka.dɑ̃.sʁe/ | cadenceront /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | cadencerais /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | cadencerait /ka.dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | cadencerions /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cadenceriez /ka.dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | cadenceraient /ka.dɑ̃.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 | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadences /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ | cadencions /ka.dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | cadenciez /ka.dɑ̃.sje/ | cadencent /ka.dɑ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | cadençasse /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ | cadençasses /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ | cadençât /ka.dɑ̃.sa/ | cadençassions /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | cadençassiez /ka.dɑ̃.sa.sje/ | cadençassent /ka.dɑ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cadence /ka.dɑ̃s/ | — | cadençons /ka.dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | cadencez /ka.dɑ̃.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
- “cadencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.