devancer

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French

Etymology

From devant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.vɑ̃.se/
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Verb

devancer

  1. (transitive) to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass
  2. (transitive) to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch
    Synonyms: prendre de court, coiffer sur le poteau
  3. (transitive) to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)
  4. to anticipate, to pre-empt

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 devancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple devancer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple devançant
/də.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle devancé
/də.vɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present devance
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devances
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devance
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devançons
/də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		devancez
/də.vɑ̃.se/ 		devancent
/də.vɑ̃s/
imperfect devançais
/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ 		devançais
/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ 		devançait
/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ 		devancions
/də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		devanciez
/də.vɑ̃.sje/ 		devançaient
/də.vɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 devançai
/də.vɑ̃.se/ 		devanças
/də.vɑ̃.sa/ 		devança
/də.vɑ̃.sa/ 		devançâmes
/də.vɑ̃.sam/ 		devançâtes
/də.vɑ̃.sat/ 		devancèrent
/də.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future devancerai
/də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ 		devanceras
/də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ 		devancera
/də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ 		devancerons
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ 		devancerez
/də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ 		devanceront
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional devancerais
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		devancerais
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		devancerait
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		devancerions
/də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		devanceriez
/də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ 		devanceraient
/də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 devance
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devances
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devance
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		devancions
/də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		devanciez
/də.vɑ̃.sje/ 		devancent
/də.vɑ̃s/
imperfect2 devançasse
/də.vɑ̃.sas/ 		devançasses
/də.vɑ̃.sas/ 		devançât
/də.vɑ̃.sa/ 		devançassions
/də.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		devançassiez
/də.vɑ̃.sa.sje/ 		devançassent
/də.vɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — devance
/də.vɑ̃s/ 		— devançons
/də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		devancez
/də.vɑ̃.se/ 		—
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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