émincer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
émincer (transitive)
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 émincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | émincer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éminçant /e.mɛ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | émincé /e.mɛ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | émince /e.mɛ̃s/ |
éminces /e.mɛ̃s/ |
émince /e.mɛ̃s/ |
éminçons /e.mɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
émincez /e.mɛ̃.se/ |
émincent /e.mɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | éminçais /e.mɛ̃.sɛ/ |
éminçais /e.mɛ̃.sɛ/ |
éminçait /e.mɛ̃.sɛ/ |
émincions /e.mɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
éminciez /e.mɛ̃.sje/ |
éminçaient /e.mɛ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éminçai /e.mɛ̃.se/ |
éminças /e.mɛ̃.sa/ |
éminça /e.mɛ̃.sa/ |
éminçâmes /e.mɛ̃.sam/ |
éminçâtes /e.mɛ̃.sat/ |
émincèrent /e.mɛ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | émincerai /e.mɛ̃.sʁe/ |
éminceras /e.mɛ̃.sʁa/ |
émincera /e.mɛ̃.sʁa/ |
émincerons /e.mɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
émincerez /e.mɛ̃.sʁe/ |
éminceront /e.mɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | émincerais /e.mɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
émincerais /e.mɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
émincerait /e.mɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
émincerions /e.mɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éminceriez /e.mɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
éminceraient /e.mɛ̃.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 | émince /e.mɛ̃s/ |
éminces /e.mɛ̃s/ |
émince /e.mɛ̃s/ |
émincions /e.mɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
éminciez /e.mɛ̃.sje/ |
émincent /e.mɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | éminçasse /e.mɛ̃.sas/ |
éminçasses /e.mɛ̃.sas/ |
éminçât /e.mɛ̃.sa/ |
éminçassions /e.mɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
éminçassiez /e.mɛ̃.sa.sje/ |
éminçassent /e.mɛ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | émince /e.mɛ̃s/ |
— | éminçons /e.mɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
émincez /e.mɛ̃.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
- “émincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.