axer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.se/
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Verb
axer
- (transitive, mathematics) to align on an axis
- (transitive) to point, to orientate
Conjugation
Conjugation of axer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | axer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | axant /ak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | axé /ak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | axe /aks/ |
axes /aks/ |
axe /aks/ |
axons /ak.sɔ̃/ |
axez /ak.se/ |
axent /aks/ |
| imperfect | axais /ak.sɛ/ |
axais /ak.sɛ/ |
axait /ak.sɛ/ |
axions /ak.sjɔ̃/ |
axiez /ak.sje/ |
axaient /ak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | axai /ak.se/ |
axas /ak.sa/ |
axa /ak.sa/ |
axâmes /ak.sam/ |
axâtes /ak.sat/ |
axèrent /ak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | axerai /ak.sə.ʁe/ |
axeras /ak.sə.ʁa/ |
axera /ak.sə.ʁa/ |
axerons /ak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
axerez /ak.sə.ʁe/ |
axeront /ak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | axerais /ak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
axerais /ak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
axerait /ak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
axerions /ak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
axeriez /ak.sə.ʁje/ |
axeraient /ak.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 | axe /aks/ |
axes /aks/ |
axe /aks/ |
axions /ak.sjɔ̃/ |
axiez /ak.sje/ |
axent /aks/ |
| imperfect2 | axasse /ak.sas/ |
axasses /ak.sas/ |
axât /ak.sa/ |
axassions /ak.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
axassiez /ak.sa.sje/ |
axassent /ak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | axe /aks/ |
— | axons /ak.sɔ̃/ |
axez /ak.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “axer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
axer
- alternative form of asker