pucer

English

Adjective

pucer

  1. comparative form of puce: more puce
    • 1996, Jilly Cooper, Appassionata:
      Resplendent in puce velvet to match her face, she was sitting beyond George. She turned even pucer when she saw Trevor's little furry face emerging from Flora's dark blue shirt to lick his mistress on the chin.

French

Etymology

From puce +‎ -er.

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

pucer

  1. to chip (insert a chip under the skin)

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 pucer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pucer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple puçant
/py.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pucé
/py.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present puce
/pys/		 puces
/pys/		 puce
/pys/		 puçons
/py.sɔ̃/		 pucez
/py.se/		 pucent
/pys/
imperfect puçais
/py.sɛ/		 puçais
/py.sɛ/		 puçait
/py.sɛ/		 pucions
/py.sjɔ̃/		 puciez
/py.sje/		 puçaient
/py.sɛ/
past historic2 puçai
/py.se/		 puças
/py.sa/		 puça
/py.sa/		 puçâmes
/py.sam/		 puçâtes
/py.sat/		 pucèrent
/py.sɛʁ/
future pucerai
/py.sʁe/		 puceras
/py.sʁa/		 pucera
/py.sʁa/		 pucerons
/py.sʁɔ̃/		 pucerez
/py.sʁe/		 puceront
/py.sʁɔ̃/
conditional pucerais
/py.sʁɛ/		 pucerais
/py.sʁɛ/		 pucerait
/py.sʁɛ/		 pucerions
/py.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 puceriez
/py.sə.ʁje/		 puceraient
/py.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 puce
/pys/		 puces
/pys/		 puce
/pys/		 pucions
/py.sjɔ̃/		 puciez
/py.sje/		 pucent
/pys/
imperfect2 puçasse
/py.sas/		 puçasses
/py.sas/		 puçât
/py.sa/		 puçassions
/py.sa.sjɔ̃/		 puçassiez
/py.sa.sje/		 puçassent
/py.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — puce
/pys/		 — puçons
/py.sɔ̃/		 pucez
/py.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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