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Definition 2024
coincer
coincer
French
Verb
coincer
- to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
- to turn a corner
- (informal) to catch out, to expose
- (informal, intransitive) to cause problem
- Ça coince encore pour moi! — I am in trouble again!
- (figuratively) to corner, to trap
- (reflexive, se coincer) to get stuck
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 coincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | coincer | avoir coincé | |||||
| gerund | en coinçant | en ayant coincé | |||||
| present participle | coinçant /kwɛ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | coincé /kwɛ̃.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 | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçait /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coinçaient /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | coinçai /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coinças /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinça /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçâmes /kwɛ̃.sam/ |
coinçâtes /kwɛ̃.sat/ |
coincèrent /kwɛ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | coincerai /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceras /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincera /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincerons /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
coincerez /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceront /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerait /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerions /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coinceriez /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
coinceraient /kwɛ̃.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 | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
coinçasse /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçasses /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçât /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçassions /kwɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
coinçassiez /kwɛ̃.sa.sje/ |
coinçassent /kwɛ̃.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 | – | |
| — | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
— | coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||