usurper
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English
Etymology
From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /juˈsɜɹ.pəɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juˈzɜː.pə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)
Noun
usurper (plural usurpers)
- One who usurps.
- Synonym: usurpator
- 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
- The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
Derived terms
Translations
one who usurps
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrpō.
Pronunciation
Verb
usurper
- to usurp
Conjugation
Conjugation of usurper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | usurper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | usurpant /y.zyʁ.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | usurpé /y.zyʁ.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpes /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpons /y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/ |
usurpez /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
usurpent /y.zyʁp/ |
| imperfect | usurpais /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpais /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpait /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpions /y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/ |
usurpiez /y.zyʁ.pje/ |
usurpaient /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | usurpai /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
usurpas /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpa /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpâmes /y.zyʁ.pam/ |
usurpâtes /y.zyʁ.pat/ |
usurpèrent /y.zyʁ.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | usurperai /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/ |
usurperas /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/ |
usurpera /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/ |
usurperons /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/ |
usurperez /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/ |
usurperont /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | usurperais /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperais /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperait /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperions /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
usurperiez /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁje/ |
usurperaient /y.zyʁ.pə.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 | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpes /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpions /y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/ |
usurpiez /y.zyʁ.pje/ |
usurpent /y.zyʁp/ |
| imperfect2 | usurpasse /y.zyʁ.pas/ |
usurpasses /y.zyʁ.pas/ |
usurpât /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpassions /y.zyʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
usurpassiez /y.zyʁ.pa.sje/ |
usurpassent /y.zyʁ.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
— | usurpons /y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/ |
usurpez /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “usurper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːˈsuːr.per/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈsur.per/,
Verb
ūsūrper