replacer
English
Etymology
Noun
replacer (plural replacers)
- A replacement or substitute.
- 1989, Vegetarian Times, number 147, page 42:
- Vegan egg replacers are made from tapioca, potato starch, vegetable lecithin, calcium carbonate and a cellulose-based filler.
- One who replaces something.
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Verb
replacer
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 replacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | replacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | replaçant /ʁə.pla.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | replacé /ʁə.pla.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaces /ʁə.plas/ |
replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/ |
replacez /ʁə.pla.se/ |
replacent /ʁə.plas/ |
| imperfect | replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replaçait /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ |
replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/ |
replaçaient /ʁə.pla.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | replaçai /ʁə.pla.se/ |
replaças /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaça /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaçâmes /ʁə.pla.sam/ |
replaçâtes /ʁə.pla.sat/ |
replacèrent /ʁə.pla.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | replacerai /ʁə.pla.sʁe/ |
replaceras /ʁə.pla.sʁa/ |
replacera /ʁə.pla.sʁa/ |
replacerons /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/ |
replacerez /ʁə.pla.sʁe/ |
replaceront /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerait /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/ |
replacerions /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
replaceriez /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁje/ |
replaceraient /ʁə.pla.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 | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replaces /ʁə.plas/ |
replace /ʁə.plas/ |
replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/ |
replacent /ʁə.plas/ |
| imperfect2 | replaçasse /ʁə.pla.sas/ |
replaçasses /ʁə.pla.sas/ |
replaçât /ʁə.pla.sa/ |
replaçassions /ʁə.pla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
replaçassiez /ʁə.pla.sa.sje/ |
replaçassent /ʁə.pla.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | replace /ʁə.plas/ |
— | replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/ |
replacez /ʁə.pla.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
- “replacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.