surcharger

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English

Etymology

From surcharge +‎ -er.

Noun

surcharger (plural surchargers)

  1. Someone who surcharges.

References

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ charger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/
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Verb

surcharger

  1. (transitive) to overcharge
  2. (transitive) to overload, overburden, overcrowd
  3. (transitive) to surcharge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written surcharge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of surcharger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surcharger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surchargeant
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surchargé
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present surcharge
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surcharges
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surcharge
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surchargeons
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		surchargez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		surchargent
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/
imperfect surchargeais
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		surchargeais
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		surchargeait
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		surchargions
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		surchargiez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ 		surchargeaient
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 surchargeai
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		surchargeas
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		surchargea
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		surchargeâmes
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒam/ 		surchargeâtes
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒat/ 		surchargèrent
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future surchargerai
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		surchargeras
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		surchargera
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		surchargerons
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		surchargerez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		surchargeront
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surchargerais
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		surchargerais
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		surchargerait
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		surchargerions
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		surchargeriez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		surchargeraient
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒə.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 surcharge
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surcharges
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surcharge
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		surchargions
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		surchargiez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ 		surchargent
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/
imperfect2 surchargeasse
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ 		surchargeasses
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ 		surchargeât
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		surchargeassions
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		surchargeassiez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		surchargeassent
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surcharge
/syʁ.ʃaʁʒ/ 		— surchargeons
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		surchargez
/syʁ.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		—
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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