grimacer
English
Etymology
Noun
grimacer (plural grimacers)
- Someone who grimaces.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.ma.se/
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Verb
grimacer
- (intransitive) to grimace
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 grimacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grimacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grimaçant /ɡʁi.ma.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grimacé /ɡʁi.ma.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/ |
grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.se/ |
grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/ |
| imperfect | grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimaçait /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ |
grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/ |
grimaçaient /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grimaçai /ɡʁi.ma.se/ |
grimaças /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaça /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaçâmes /ɡʁi.ma.sam/ |
grimaçâtes /ɡʁi.ma.sat/ |
grimacèrent /ɡʁi.ma.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | grimacerai /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/ |
grimaceras /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/ |
grimacera /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/ |
grimacerons /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/ |
grimacerez /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/ |
grimaceront /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerait /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ |
grimacerions /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grimaceriez /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁje/ |
grimaceraient /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/ |
grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/ |
| imperfect2 | grimaçasse /ɡʁi.ma.sas/ |
grimaçasses /ɡʁi.ma.sas/ |
grimaçât /ɡʁi.ma.sa/ |
grimaçassions /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
grimaçassiez /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sje/ |
grimaçassent /ɡʁi.ma.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grimace /ɡʁi.mas/ |
— | grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/ |
grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.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
- “grimacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.