glacer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin glaciāre. Synchronically glace +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡla.se/
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Verb

glacer

  1. (transitive) to freeze; to turn to ice
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to freeze
  3. to ice (cover with icing)
  4. (reflexive, se glacer) to turn to ice (become ice)

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 glacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple glacer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple glaçant
/ɡla.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle glacé
/ɡla.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present glace
/ɡlas/		 glaces
/ɡlas/		 glace
/ɡlas/		 glaçons
/ɡla.sɔ̃/		 glacez
/ɡla.se/		 glacent
/ɡlas/
imperfect glaçais
/ɡla.sɛ/		 glaçais
/ɡla.sɛ/		 glaçait
/ɡla.sɛ/		 glacions
/ɡla.sjɔ̃/		 glaciez
/ɡla.sje/		 glaçaient
/ɡla.sɛ/
past historic2 glaçai
/ɡla.se/		 glaças
/ɡla.sa/		 glaça
/ɡla.sa/		 glaçâmes
/ɡla.sam/		 glaçâtes
/ɡla.sat/		 glacèrent
/ɡla.sɛʁ/
future glacerai
/ɡla.sʁe/		 glaceras
/ɡla.sʁa/		 glacera
/ɡla.sʁa/		 glacerons
/ɡla.sʁɔ̃/		 glacerez
/ɡla.sʁe/		 glaceront
/ɡla.sʁɔ̃/
conditional glacerais
/ɡla.sʁɛ/		 glacerais
/ɡla.sʁɛ/		 glacerait
/ɡla.sʁɛ/		 glacerions
/ɡla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 glaceriez
/ɡla.sə.ʁje/		 glaceraient
/ɡla.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 glace
/ɡlas/		 glaces
/ɡlas/		 glace
/ɡlas/		 glacions
/ɡla.sjɔ̃/		 glaciez
/ɡla.sje/		 glacent
/ɡlas/
imperfect2 glaçasse
/ɡla.sas/		 glaçasses
/ɡla.sas/		 glaçât
/ɡla.sa/		 glaçassions
/ɡla.sa.sjɔ̃/		 glaçassiez
/ɡla.sa.sje/		 glaçassent
/ɡla.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — glace
/ɡlas/		 — glaçons
/ɡla.sɔ̃/		 glacez
/ɡla.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Italian: glassare

References
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