Inherited from Middle French , from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”).
Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). Related to asséner. More at sense.
forcener
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il forcène and the third-person singular future indicative il forcènera.
| infinitive | simple | forcener | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | forcenant /fɔʁ.sə.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | forcené /fɔʁ.sə.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | forcène /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcènes /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcène /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcenons /fɔʁ.sə.nɔ̃/ |
forcenez /fɔʁ.sə.ne/ |
forcènent /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
| imperfect | forcenais /fɔʁ.sə.nɛ/ |
forcenais /fɔʁ.sə.nɛ/ |
forcenait /fɔʁ.sə.nɛ/ |
forcenions /fɔʁ.sə.njɔ̃/ |
forceniez /fɔʁ.sə.nje/ |
forcenaient /fɔʁ.sə.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | forcenai /fɔʁ.sə.ne/ |
forcenas /fɔʁ.sə.na/ |
forcena /fɔʁ.sə.na/ |
forcenâmes /fɔʁ.sə.nam/ |
forcenâtes /fɔʁ.sə.nat/ |
forcenèrent /fɔʁ.sə.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | forcènerai /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁe/ |
forcèneras /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁa/ |
forcènera /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁa/ |
forcènerons /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
forcènerez /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁe/ |
forcèneront /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | forcènerais /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁɛ/ |
forcènerais /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁɛ/ |
forcènerait /fɔʁ.sɛn.ʁɛ/ |
forcènerions /fɔʁ.sɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fɔʁ.se.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
forcèneriez /fɔʁ.sɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /fɔʁ.se.nə.ʁje/ |
forcèneraient /fɔʁ.sɛn.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 | forcène /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcènes /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcène /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
forcenions /fɔʁ.sə.njɔ̃/ |
forceniez /fɔʁ.sə.nje/ |
forcènent /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | forcenasse /fɔʁ.sə.nas/ |
forcenasses /fɔʁ.sə.nas/ |
forcenât /fɔʁ.sə.na/ |
forcenassions /fɔʁ.sə.na.sjɔ̃/ |
forcenassiez /fɔʁ.sə.na.sje/ |
forcenassent /fɔʁ.sə.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | forcène /fɔʁ.sɛn/ |
— | forcenons /fɔʁ.sə.nɔ̃/ |
forcenez /fɔʁ.sə.ne/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
forcener
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | forcener | avoir forcené | |||||
| gerund | en forcenant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | forcenant | ||||||
| past participle | forcené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forcen | forcenes | forcene | forcenons | forcenez | forcenent |
| imperfect | forcenoie, forceneie, forcenoe, forceneve | forcenoies, forceneies, forcenoes, forceneves | forcenoit, forceneit, forcenot, forceneve | forceniiens, forceniens | forceniiez, forceniez | forcenoient, forceneient, forcenoent, forcenevent | |
| preterite | forcenai | forcenas | forcena | forcenames | forcenastes | forcenerent | |
| future | forcenerai | forceneras | forcenera | forcenerons | forceneroiz, forcenereiz, forcenerez | forceneront | |
| conditional | forceneroie, forcenereie | forceneroies, forcenereies | forceneroit, forcenereit | forceneriiens, forceneriens | forceneriiez, forceneriez | forceneroient, forcenereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forcen | forcens | forcent | forcenons | forcenez | forcenent |
| imperfect | forcenasse | forcenasses | forcenast | forcenissons, forcenissiens | forcenissoiz, forcenissez, forcenissiez | forcenassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | forcene | — | forcenons | forcenez | — | ||