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acquiescer

English

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Etymology

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From acquiesce +‎ -er.

Noun

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acquiescer (plural acquiescers)

  1. 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.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin acquiescere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.kjɛ.se/ ~ /a.kje.se/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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acquiescer

  1. to acquiesce

Conjugation

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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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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