écorcer

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French

Etymology

From Old French escorcier, a derivative of écorce (“bark”) +‎ -er. Distantly related to écorcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kɔʁ.se/
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Verb

écorcer

  1. to debark, to strip the bark from a tree

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 écorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écorcer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple écorçant
/e.kɔʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle écorcé
/e.kɔʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écorce
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorces
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorce
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorçons
/e.kɔʁ.sɔ̃/ 		écorcez
/e.kɔʁ.se/ 		écorcent
/e.kɔʁs/
imperfect écorçais
/e.kɔʁ.sɛ/ 		écorçais
/e.kɔʁ.sɛ/ 		écorçait
/e.kɔʁ.sɛ/ 		écorcions
/e.kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		écorciez
/e.kɔʁ.sje/ 		écorçaient
/e.kɔʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 écorçai
/e.kɔʁ.se/ 		écorças
/e.kɔʁ.sa/ 		écorça
/e.kɔʁ.sa/ 		écorçâmes
/e.kɔʁ.sam/ 		écorçâtes
/e.kɔʁ.sat/ 		écorcèrent
/e.kɔʁ.sɛʁ/
future écorcerai
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		écorceras
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		écorcera
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		écorcerons
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		écorcerez
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		écorceront
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional écorcerais
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		écorcerais
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		écorcerait
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		écorcerions
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écorceriez
/e.kɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		écorceraient
/e.kɔʁ.sə.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 écorce
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorces
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorce
/e.kɔʁs/ 		écorcions
/e.kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		écorciez
/e.kɔʁ.sje/ 		écorcent
/e.kɔʁs/
imperfect2 écorçasse
/e.kɔʁ.sas/ 		écorçasses
/e.kɔʁ.sas/ 		écorçât
/e.kɔʁ.sa/ 		écorçassions
/e.kɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		écorçassiez
/e.kɔʁ.sa.sje/ 		écorçassent
/e.kɔʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écorce
/e.kɔʁs/ 		— écorçons
/e.kɔʁ.sɔ̃/ 		écorcez
/e.kɔʁ.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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