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Webster 1913 Edition
Menacer
Men′a-cer
(mĕn′ā̍-sẽr)
, Noun.
One who menaces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Menacer
MEN'ACER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
menacer
menacer
English
Noun
menacer (plural menacers)
- One who menaces.
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible
- Like a frightened deer Pan-at-lee cast a single startled look at these menacers of her freedom and leaped quickly toward the bushes in an effort to escape...
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Terrible
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from Latin minācia, from minax.
Pronunciation
Verb
menacer
- to threaten, to jeopardise
- to endanger, to menace
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 menacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | menacer | avoir menacé | |||||
| gerund | en menaçant | en ayant menacé | |||||
| present participle | menaçant /mə.na.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | menacé /mə.na.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 | menace /mə.nas/ |
menaces /mə.nas/ |
menace /mə.nas/ |
menaçons /mə.na.sɔ̃/ |
menacez /mə.na.se/ |
menacent /mə.nas/ |
| imperfect | menaçais /mə.na.sɛ/ |
menaçais /mə.na.sɛ/ |
menaçait /mə.na.sɛ/ |
menacions /mə.na.sjɔ̃/ |
menaciez /mə.na.sje/ |
menaçaient /mə.na.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | menaçai /mə.na.se/ |
menaças /mə.na.sa/ |
menaça /mə.na.sa/ |
menaçâmes /mə.na.sam/ |
menaçâtes /mə.na.sat/ |
menacèrent /mə.na.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | menacerai /mə.na.sʁe/ |
menaceras /mə.na.sʁa/ |
menacera /mə.na.sʁa/ |
menacerons /mə.na.sʁɔ̃/ |
menacerez /mə.na.sʁe/ |
menaceront /mə.na.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | menacerais /mə.na.sʁɛ/ |
menacerais /mə.na.sʁɛ/ |
menacerait /mə.na.sʁɛ/ |
menacerions /mə.na.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
menaceriez /mə.na.sə.ʁje/ |
menaceraient /mə.na.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | menace /mə.nas/ |
menaces /mə.nas/ |
menace /mə.nas/ |
menacions /mə.na.sjɔ̃/ |
menaciez /mə.na.sje/ |
menacent /mə.nas/ |
| imperfect1 |
menaçasse /mə.na.sas/ |
menaçasses /mə.na.sas/ |
menaçât /mə.na.sa/ |
menaçassions /mə.na.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
menaçassiez /mə.na.sa.sje/ |
menaçassent /mə.na.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 | – | |
| — | menace /mə.nas/ |
— | menaçons /mə.na.sɔ̃/ |
menacez /mə.na.se/ |
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