surfacer
English
Etymology
Noun
surfacer (plural surfacers)
- One who rises to the surface.
- A person who planes or dresses a surface.
- Any of various machines used to plane or dress a surface.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.fa.se/
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Verb
surfacer
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 surfacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | surfacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | surfaçant /syʁ.fa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | surfacé /syʁ.fa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaces /syʁ.fas/ |
surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaçons /syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/ |
surfacez /syʁ.fa.se/ |
surfacent /syʁ.fas/ |
| imperfect | surfaçais /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfaçais /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfaçait /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ |
surfacions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaciez /syʁ.fa.sje/ |
surfaçaient /syʁ.fa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | surfaçai /syʁ.fa.se/ |
surfaças /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaça /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaçâmes /syʁ.fa.sam/ |
surfaçâtes /syʁ.fa.sat/ |
surfacèrent /syʁ.fa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | surfacerai /syʁ.fa.sʁe/ |
surfaceras /syʁ.fa.sʁa/ |
surfacera /syʁ.fa.sʁa/ |
surfacerons /syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/ |
surfacerez /syʁ.fa.sʁe/ |
surfaceront /syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | surfacerais /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerais /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerait /syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/ |
surfacerions /syʁ.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
surfaceriez /syʁ.fa.sə.ʁje/ |
surfaceraient /syʁ.fa.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 | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfaces /syʁ.fas/ |
surface /syʁ.fas/ |
surfacions /syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaciez /syʁ.fa.sje/ |
surfacent /syʁ.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | surfaçasse /syʁ.fa.sas/ |
surfaçasses /syʁ.fa.sas/ |
surfaçât /syʁ.fa.sa/ |
surfaçassions /syʁ.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
surfaçassiez /syʁ.fa.sa.sje/ |
surfaçassent /syʁ.fa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | surface /syʁ.fas/ |
— | surfaçons /syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/ |
surfacez /syʁ.fa.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- surfaçage
- surfaceur
Further reading
- “surfacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.