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fiancer
fiancer
French
Verb
fiancer
- get engaged (to be married)
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 fiancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fiancer | avoir fiancé | |||||
| gerund | en fiançant | en ayant fiancé | |||||
| present participle | fiançant /fjɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fiancé /fjɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fiance /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiances /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiance /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiançons /fjɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
fiancez /fjɑ̃.se/ |
fiancent /fjɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | fiançais /fjɑ̃.sɛ/ |
fiançais /fjɑ̃.sɛ/ |
fiançait /fjɑ̃.sɛ/ |
fiancions /fjɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fianciez /fjɑ̃.sje/ |
fiançaient /fjɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fiançai /fjɑ̃.se/ |
fianças /fjɑ̃.sa/ |
fiança /fjɑ̃.sa/ |
fiançâmes /fjɑ̃.sam/ |
fiançâtes /fjɑ̃.sat/ |
fiancèrent /fjɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | fiancerai /fjɑ̃.sʁe/ |
fianceras /fjɑ̃.sʁa/ |
fiancera /fjɑ̃.sʁa/ |
fiancerons /fjɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
fiancerez /fjɑ̃.sʁe/ |
fianceront /fjɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fiancerais /fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
fiancerais /fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
fiancerait /fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
fiancerions /fjɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fianceriez /fjɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
fianceraient /fjɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fiance /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiances /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiance /fjɑ̃s/ |
fiancions /fjɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
fianciez /fjɑ̃.sje/ |
fiancent /fjɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
fiançasse /fjɑ̃.sas/ |
fiançasses /fjɑ̃.sas/ |
fiançât /fjɑ̃.sa/ |
fiançassions /fjɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
fiançassiez /fjɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
fiançassent /fjɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fiance /fjɑ̃s/ |
— | fiançons /fjɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
fiancez /fjɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Old French fiancier.
Verb
fiancer
- to promise
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 52:
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fiancerent tous que se Lancelot venoit ilz n yroient mie avec lui
- they all promised that if Lancelot came they wouldn't go with him
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fiancerent tous que se Lancelot venoit ilz n yroient mie avec lui
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Conjugation
- As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of fiancer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fiancer | avoir fiancé | |||||
| gerund | en fiançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fiançant | ||||||
| past participle | fiancé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fiance | fiances | fiance | fiançons | fiancez | fiancent |
| imperfect | fiançois, fiançoys | fiançois, fiançoys | fiançoit, fiançoyt | fiancions, fiançons | fianciez, fiancyez | fiançoient, fiançoyent | |
| past historic | fiança | fianças | fiança | fiançasmes | fiançastes | fiancerent | |
| future | fiancerai, fianceray | fianceras | fiancera | fiancerons | fiancerez | fianceront | |
| conditional | fiancerois, fianceroys | fiancerois, fianceroys | fianceroit, fianceroyt | fiancerions, fianceryons | fianceriez, fianceryez | fianceroient, fianceroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | fiance | fiances | fiance | fiançons | fiancez | fiancent |
| imperfect | fiançasse | fiançasses | fiançast | fiançassions | fiançassiez | fiançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fiance | — | fiançons | fiancez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: fiancer