divorcer
English
Etymology
Noun
divorcer (plural divorcers)
- The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
- 1655, William Drummond of Hawthornden, History of Scotland […] :
- Death is the violent eſtranger of acquaintance, the eternal Divorcer of Mariage, […]
Antonyms
References
“divorcer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vɔʁ.se/
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Verb
divorcer
- (transitive) to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
- (reflexive, se divorcer) to get divorced, to divorce one another
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 divorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | divorcer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | divorçant /di.vɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | divorcé /di.vɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorces /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorçons /di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
divorcez /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
divorcent /di.vɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | divorçais /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorçais /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorçait /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ |
divorcions /di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
divorciez /di.vɔʁ.sje/ |
divorçaient /di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | divorçai /di.vɔʁ.se/ |
divorças /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorça /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorçâmes /di.vɔʁ.sam/ |
divorçâtes /di.vɔʁ.sat/ |
divorcèrent /di.vɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | divorcerai /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
divorceras /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
divorcera /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
divorcerons /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
divorcerez /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
divorceront /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | divorcerais /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerais /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerait /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
divorcerions /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
divorceriez /di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
divorceraient /di.vɔʁ.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 | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorces /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
divorcions /di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
divorciez /di.vɔʁ.sje/ |
divorcent /di.vɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | divorçasse /di.vɔʁ.sas/ |
divorçasses /di.vɔʁ.sas/ |
divorçât /di.vɔʁ.sa/ |
divorçassions /di.vɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
divorçassiez /di.vɔʁ.sa.sje/ |
divorçassent /di.vɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | divorce /di.vɔʁs/ |
— | divorçons /di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ |
divorcez /di.vɔʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “divorcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
divorcer