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lacer
lacer
French
Etymology
See lacs
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.se/
Verb
lacer
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 lacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lacer | avoir lacé | |||||
| gerund | en laçant | en ayant lacé | |||||
| present participle | laçant /la.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lacé /la.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 | lace /las/ |
laces /las/ |
lace /las/ |
laçons /la.sɔ̃/ |
lacez /la.se/ |
lacent /las/ |
| imperfect | laçais /la.sɛ/ |
laçais /la.sɛ/ |
laçait /la.sɛ/ |
lacions /la.sjɔ̃/ |
laciez /la.sje/ |
laçaient /la.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | laçai /la.se/ |
laças /la.sa/ |
laça /la.sa/ |
laçâmes /la.sam/ |
laçâtes /la.sat/ |
lacèrent /la.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | lacerai /la.sʁe/ |
laceras /la.sʁa/ |
lacera /la.sʁa/ |
lacerons /la.sʁɔ̃/ |
lacerez /la.sʁe/ |
laceront /la.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lacerais /la.sʁɛ/ |
lacerais /la.sʁɛ/ |
lacerait /la.sʁɛ/ |
lacerions /la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
laceriez /la.sə.ʁje/ |
laceraient /la.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 | lace /las/ |
laces /las/ |
lace /las/ |
lacions /la.sjɔ̃/ |
laciez /la.sje/ |
lacent /las/ |
| imperfect1 |
laçasse /la.sas/ |
laçasses /la.sas/ |
laçât /la.sa/ |
laçassions /la.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
laçassiez /la.sa.sje/ |
laçassent /la.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 | – | |
| — | lace /las/ |
— | laçons /la.sɔ̃/ |
lacez /la.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to tear, rend”); see also Albanian lakur (“naked”), Russian лочма (ločma, “scrap, tatter, rag”), and Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lakízō, “to tear to pieces”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ker/, [ˈɫa.kɛr]
Adjective
lacer m (feminine lacera, neuter lacerum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | lacer | lacera | lacerum | lacerī | lacerae | lacera | |
| genitive | lacerī | lacerae | lacerī | lacerōrum | lacerārum | lacerōrum | |
| dative | lacerō | lacerō | lacerīs | ||||
| accusative | lacerum | laceram | lacerum | lacerōs | lacerās | lacera | |
| ablative | lacerō | lacerā | lacerō | lacerīs | |||
| vocative | lacer | lacera | lacerum | lacerī | lacerae | lacera | |
Related terms
References
- lacer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lacer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lacer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Old French
Verb
lacer
- Alternative form of lacier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of lacer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lacer | avoir lacé | |||||
| gerund | en laçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | laçant | ||||||
| past participle | lacé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | laz | laces | lace | laçons | lacez | lacent |
| imperfect | laçoie, laceie, laçoe, laceve | laçoies, laceies, laçoes, laceves | laçoit, laceit, laçot, laceve | laciiens, laciens | laciiez, laciez | laçoient, laceient, laçoent, lacevent | |
| preterite | laçai | laças | laça | laçames | laçastes | lacerent | |
| future | lacerai | laceras | lacera | lacerons | laceroiz, lacereiz, lacerez | laceront | |
| conditional | laceroie, lacereie | laceroies, lacereies | laceroit, lacereit | laceriiens, laceriens | laceriiez, laceriez | laceroient, lacereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | laz | laz | lazt | laçons | lacez | lacent |
| imperfect | laçasse | laçasses | laçast | lacissons, lacissiens | lacissoiz, lacissez, lacissiez | laçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | lace | — | laçons | lacez | — | ||