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Webster 1913 Edition
Divorcer
Di-vor′cer
,Noun.
The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
Drummond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divorcer
DIVORCER
,Noun.
1.
The person or cause that produces divorce.2.
One of a sect called divorcers, said to have sprung from Milton.Definition 2024
divorcer
divorcer
English
Noun
divorcer (plural divorcers)
- The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drummond to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vɔʁ.se/
Verb
divorcer
- (transitive) to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
- (reflexive, se divorcer) to get divorced, to divorce one another
Related terms
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 divorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | divorcer | avoir divorcé | |||||
| gerund | en divorçant | en ayant divorcé | |||||
| present participle | divorçant /di.vɔʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | divorcé /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorces /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorçons /di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
divorcez /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
divorcent /di.vɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | divorçais /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorçais /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorçait /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorcions /di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
divorciez /di.vɔʁ.sje/ |
divorçaient /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | divorçai /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
divorças /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorça /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorçâmes /di.vɔʁ.sam/ |
divorçâtes /di.vɔʁ.sat/ |
divorcèrent /di.vɔʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | divorcerai /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
divorceras /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
divorcera /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
divorcerons /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
divorcerez /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
divorceront /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | divorcerais /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerais /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerait /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerions /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
divorceriez /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
divorceraient /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorces /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorcions /di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
divorciez /di.vɔʁ.sje/ |
divorcent /di.vɔʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
divorçasse /di.vɔʁ.sas/ |
divorçasses /di.vɔʁ.sas/ |
divorçât /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorçassions /di.vɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
divorçassiez /di.vɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
divorçassent /di.vɔʁ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
— | divorçons /di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
divorcez /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
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