ancrer

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French

Etymology

From ancre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

ancrer

  1. (nautical) to anchor
  2. to fix, to anchor, to make permanent

Conjugation

Conjugation of ancrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ancrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ancrant
/ɑ̃.kʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ancré
/ɑ̃.kʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ancre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancres
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancrons
/ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ 		ancrez
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		ancrent
/ɑ̃kʁ/
imperfect ancrais
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		ancrais
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		ancrait
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		ancrions
/ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		ancriez
/ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ 		ancraient
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/
past historic2 ancrai
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		ancras
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		ancra
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		ancrâmes
/ɑ̃.kʁam/ 		ancrâtes
/ɑ̃.kʁat/ 		ancrèrent
/ɑ̃.kʁɛʁ/
future ancrerai
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ 		ancreras
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ 		ancrera
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ 		ancrerons
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		ancrerez
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ 		ancreront
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ancrerais
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		ancrerais
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		ancrerait
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		ancrerions
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ancreriez
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁje/ 		ancreraient
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ancre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancres
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		ancrions
/ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		ancriez
/ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ 		ancrent
/ɑ̃kʁ/
imperfect2 ancrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/ 		ancrasses
/ɑ̃.kʁas/ 		ancrât
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		ancrassions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		ancrassiez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/ 		ancrassent
/ɑ̃.kʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ancre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		— ancrons
/ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ 		ancrez
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb

ancrer

  1. (Jersey, nautical) to anchor
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