effacer

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English

Etymology

efface +‎ -er

Noun

effacer (plural effacers)

  1. One who effaces.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esfacier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.fa.se/
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Verb

effacer

  1. to erase
  2. to efface

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 effacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple effacer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple effaçant
/e.fa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle effacé
/e.fa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present efface
/e.fas/ 		effaces
/e.fas/ 		efface
/e.fas/ 		effaçons
/e.fa.sɔ̃/ 		effacez
/e.fa.se/ 		effacent
/e.fas/
imperfect effaçais
/e.fa.sɛ/ 		effaçais
/e.fa.sɛ/ 		effaçait
/e.fa.sɛ/ 		effacions
/e.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		effaciez
/e.fa.sje/ 		effaçaient
/e.fa.sɛ/
past historic2 effaçai
/e.fa.se/ 		effaças
/e.fa.sa/ 		effaça
/e.fa.sa/ 		effaçâmes
/e.fa.sam/ 		effaçâtes
/e.fa.sat/ 		effacèrent
/e.fa.sɛʁ/
future effacerai
/e.fa.sʁe/ 		effaceras
/e.fa.sʁa/ 		effacera
/e.fa.sʁa/ 		effacerons
/e.fa.sʁɔ̃/ 		effacerez
/e.fa.sʁe/ 		effaceront
/e.fa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional effacerais
/e.fa.sʁɛ/ 		effacerais
/e.fa.sʁɛ/ 		effacerait
/e.fa.sʁɛ/ 		effacerions
/e.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		effaceriez
/e.fa.sə.ʁje/ 		effaceraient
/e.fa.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 efface
/e.fas/ 		effaces
/e.fas/ 		efface
/e.fas/ 		effacions
/e.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		effaciez
/e.fa.sje/ 		effacent
/e.fas/
imperfect2 effaçasse
/e.fa.sas/ 		effaçasses
/e.fa.sas/ 		effaçât
/e.fa.sa/ 		effaçassions
/e.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		effaçassiez
/e.fa.sa.sje/ 		effaçassent
/e.fa.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — efface
/e.fas/ 		— effaçons
/e.fa.sɔ̃/ 		effacez
/e.fa.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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