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amorcer
amorcer
French
Verb
amorcer
- to prime , set in motion
- to begin, to get to work on (to commence a project)
- to break ground (start construction work)
- (computing) To boot
- (fishing) to bait (lace with bait)
- (fishing) to bait, chum (try to attract fish with bait)
- to bait in, to string in, reel in
- to bait (e.g. an enemy, to react)
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 amorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amorcer | avoir amorcé | |||||
| gerund | en amorçant | en ayant amorcé | |||||
| present participle | amorçant /a.mɔʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amorcé /a.mɔʁ.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 | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorces /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
amorcez /a.mɔʁ.se/ |
amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorçais /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorçait /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ |
amorçaient /a.mɔʁ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | amorçai /a.mɔʁ.se/ |
amorças /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorça /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorçâmes /a.mɔʁ.sam/ |
amorçâtes /a.mɔʁ.sat/ |
amorcèrent /a.mɔʁ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | amorcerai /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
amorceras /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
amorcera /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
amorcerons /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
amorcerez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
amorceront /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerais /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerait /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
amorcerions /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amorceriez /a.mɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
amorceraient /a.mɔʁ.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 | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorces /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
amorcions /a.mɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
amorciez /a.mɔʁ.sje/ |
amorcent /a.mɔʁs/ |
| imperfect1 |
amorçasse /a.mɔʁ.sas/ |
amorçasses /a.mɔʁ.sas/ |
amorçât /a.mɔʁ.sa/ |
amorçassions /a.mɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
amorçassiez /a.mɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
amorçassent /a.mɔʁ.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 | – | |
| — | amorce /a.mɔʁs/ |
— | amorçons /a.mɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
amorcez /a.mɔʁ.se/ |
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