acquiescer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]acquiescer (plural acquiescers)
- One who acquiesces.
- 1969, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, page 82:
- On the basis of these scores, patients were designated High Acquiescers and Low Acquiescers.
Alternative forms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin acquiescere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]acquiescer
- to acquiesce
Conjugation
[edit]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 acquiescer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | acquiescer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | acquiesçant /a.kjɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.kje.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acquiescé /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ |
acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ |
acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect | acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiesçais /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiesçait /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ |
acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ |
acquiesçaient /a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | acquiesçai /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ |
acquiesças /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesça /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesçâmes /a.kjɛ.sam/ or /a.kje.sam/ |
acquiesçâtes /a.kjɛ.sat/ or /a.kje.sat/ |
acquiescèrent /a.kjɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.kje.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | acquiescerai /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ |
acquiesceras /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ |
acquiescera /a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ |
acquiescerons /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ |
acquiescerez /a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ |
acquiesceront /a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerais /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerait /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ |
acquiescerions /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquiesceriez /a.kjɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁje/ |
acquiesceraient /a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.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 | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesces /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
acquiescions /a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesciez /a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ |
acquiescent /a.kjɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | acquiesçasse /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ |
acquiesçasses /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ |
acquiesçât /a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ |
acquiesçassions /a.kjɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
acquiesçassiez /a.kjɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.kje.sa.sje/ |
acquiesçassent /a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acquiesce /a.kjɛs/ |
— | acquiesçons /a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ |
acquiescez /a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “acquiescer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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