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Webster 1913 Edition
Surfacer
Sur′fa-cer
,Noun.
A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
Definition 2024
surfacer
surfacer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.fa.se/
Verb
surfacer
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 surfacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | surfacer | avoir surfacé | |||||
| gerund | en surfaçant | en ayant surfacé | |||||
| present participle | surfaçant /syʁ.fa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | surfacé /syʁ.fa.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 | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaces /syʁ.fas/ |
surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaçons /syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/ |
surfacez /syʁ.fa.se/ |
surfacent /syʁ.fas/ |
| imperfect | surfaçais /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfaçais /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfaçait /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfacions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaciez /syʁ.fa.sje/ |
surfaçaient /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | surfaçai /syʁ.fa.se/ |
surfaças /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaça /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaçâmes /syʁ.fa.sam/ |
surfaçâtes /syʁ.fa.sat/ |
surfacèrent /syʁ.fa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | surfacerai /syʁ.fa.sʁe/ |
surfaceras /syʁ.fa.sʁa/ |
surfacera /syʁ.fa.sʁa/ |
surfacerons /syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/ |
surfacerez /syʁ.fa.sʁe/ |
surfaceront /syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | surfacerais /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerais /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerait /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerions /syʁ.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surfaceriez /syʁ.fa.sə.ʁje/ |
surfaceraient /syʁ.fa.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 | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaces /syʁ.fas/ |
surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfacions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaciez /syʁ.fa.sje/ |
surfacent /syʁ.fas/ |
| imperfect1 |
surfaçasse /syʁ.fa.sas/ |
surfaçasses /syʁ.fa.sas/ |
surfaçât /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaçassions /syʁ.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaçassiez /syʁ.fa.sa.sje/ |
surfaçassent /syʁ.fa.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 | – | |
| — | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
— | surfaçons /syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/ |
surfacez /syʁ.fa.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- surfaçage
- surfaceur