exaucer

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French

Etymology

Originally a variant spelling of exhausser, from Old French exalcier, from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *altiāre, modelled after Classical Latin exaltāre (“raise, extol”). The sense of "fulfill (a prayer)" may have been influenced by Latin exaudīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zo.se/
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Verb

exaucer

  1. (transitive, religion) to fulfil the wish of a prayer
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene 2:
      Albe et Rome demain prendront une autre face / Tes vœux sont exaucés, elles auront la Paix
      Tomorrow, Alba and Rome will take different attitudes / Your wishes are fulfilled, they will have Peace.

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 exaucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exaucer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple exauçant
/ɛɡ.zo.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle exaucé
/ɛɡ.zo.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present exauce
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exauces
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exauce
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exauçons
/ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/ 		exaucez
/ɛɡ.zo.se/ 		exaucent
/ɛɡ.zos/
imperfect exauçais
/ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ 		exauçais
/ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ 		exauçait
/ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/ 		exaucions
/ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/ 		exauciez
/ɛɡ.zo.sje/ 		exauçaient
/ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/
past historic2 exauçai
/ɛɡ.zo.se/ 		exauças
/ɛɡ.zo.sa/ 		exauça
/ɛɡ.zo.sa/ 		exauçâmes
/ɛɡ.zo.sam/ 		exauçâtes
/ɛɡ.zo.sat/ 		exaucèrent
/ɛɡ.zo.sɛʁ/
future exaucerai
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/ 		exauceras
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/ 		exaucera
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/ 		exaucerons
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/ 		exaucerez
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/ 		exauceront
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/
conditional exaucerais
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ 		exaucerais
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ 		exaucerait
/ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/ 		exaucerions
/ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exauceriez
/ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁje/ 		exauceraient
/ɛɡ.zo.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 exauce
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exauces
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exauce
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		exaucions
/ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/ 		exauciez
/ɛɡ.zo.sje/ 		exaucent
/ɛɡ.zos/
imperfect2 exauçasse
/ɛɡ.zo.sas/ 		exauçasses
/ɛɡ.zo.sas/ 		exauçât
/ɛɡ.zo.sa/ 		exauçassions
/ɛɡ.zo.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		exauçassiez
/ɛɡ.zo.sa.sje/ 		exauçassent
/ɛɡ.zo.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — exauce
/ɛɡ.zos/ 		— exauçons
/ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/ 		exaucez
/ɛɡ.zo.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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