acquiescer
English
Etymology
acquiesce + -er
Noun
acquiescer (plural acquiescers)
- One who acquiesces.
- 1969, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry (page 82)
- On the basis of these scores, patients were designated High Acquiescers and Low Acquiescers.
- 1969, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry (page 82)
Alternative forms
- acquiescor
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acquiesco, acquiescere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kjɛ.se/, /a.kje.se/
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Verb
acquiescer
- to acquiesce
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 acquiescer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | acquiescer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | acquiesçant /a.kjɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.kje.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | acquiescé /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ | acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ | acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
imperfect | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiesçait /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ | acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ | acquiesçaient /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | acquiesçai /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ | acquiesças /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ | acquiesça /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ | acquiesçâmes /a.kjɛ.sam/ or /a.kje.sam/ | acquiesçâtes /a.kjɛ.sat/ or /a.kje.sat/ | acquiescèrent /a.kjɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.kje.sɛʁ/ | |
future | acquiescerai /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ | acquiesceras /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ | acquiescera /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ | acquiescerons /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ | acquiescerez /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ | acquiesceront /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerait /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ | acquiescerions /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | acquiesceriez /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁje/ | acquiesceraient /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.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 | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ | acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
imperfect2 | acquiesçasse /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ | acquiesçasses /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ | acquiesçât /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ | acquiesçassions /a.kjɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sa.sjɔ̃/ | acquiesçassiez /a.kjɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.kje.sa.sje/ | acquiesçassent /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ | — | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ | acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.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). |
Related terms
- acquiescement
Further reading
- “acquiescer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.