coercer

English

Etymology

coerce +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

coercer (plural coercers)

  1. One who coerces.
    • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Prometheus of Aeschylus
      Jove the binder of reluctant powers, the coercer and entrancer of free spirits under the fetters of shape and mass and passive mobility […]

Antonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coerceo (“I enclose, I encompass”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ɛʁ.se/

Verb

coercer

  1. to limit or restrict

Conjugation
Conjugation of coercer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple coercer
compound avoir ''or'' être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple —
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle —
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic2 — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
future perfect future of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present — — — — — —
imperfect2 — — — — — —
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir ''or'' être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — — — — — —
compound — simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle — simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + past participle simple imperative of avoir ''or'' être + 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).

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coercēre (“I enclose, I encompas”), from co- (“together”) and arcere (“to confine”), and this from Proto-Indo-European *ark- ("to contain").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koeɾˈθeɾ/ [ko.eɾˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /koeɾˈseɾ/ [ko.eɾˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧er‧cer

Verb

coercer (first-person singular present coerzo, first-person singular preterite coercí, past participle coercido)

  1. to limit or restrict

Conjugation
    Conjugation of coercer (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive coercer
gerund coerciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular coercido coercida
plural coercidos coercidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coerzo coercestú
coercésvos		 coerce coercemos coercéis coercen
imperfect coercía coercías coercía coercíamos coercíais coercían
preterite coercí coerciste coerció coercimos coercisteis coercieron
future coerceré coercerás coercerá coerceremos coerceréis coercerán
conditional coercería coercerías coercería coerceríamos coerceríais coercerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coerza coerzastú
coerzásvos2		 coerza coerzamos coerzáis coerzan
imperfect
(ra)		 coerciera coercieras coerciera coerciéramos coercierais coercieran
imperfect
(se)		 coerciese coercieses coerciese coerciésemos coercieseis coerciesen
future1 coerciere coercieres coerciere coerciéremos coerciereis coercieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative coercetú
coercévos		 coerza coerzamos coerced coerzan
negative no coerzas no coerza no coerzamos no coerzáis no coerzan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of coercer (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive coercer
dative coercerme coercerte coercerle, coercerse coercernos coerceros coercerles, coercerse
accusative coercerme coercerte coercerlo, coercerla, coercerse coercernos coerceros coercerlos, coercerlas, coercerse
with gerund coerciendo
dative coerciéndome coerciéndote coerciéndole, coerciéndose coerciéndonos coerciéndoos coerciéndoles, coerciéndose
accusative coerciéndome coerciéndote coerciéndolo, coerciéndola, coerciéndose coerciéndonos coerciéndoos coerciéndolos, coerciéndolas, coerciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coerce
dative coérceme coércete coércele coércenos not used coérceles
accusative coérceme coércete coércelo, coércela coércenos not used coércelos, coércelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coercé
dative coerceme coercete coercele coercenos not used coerceles
accusative coerceme coercete coercelo, coercela coercenos not used coercelos, coercelas
with formal second-person singular imperative coerza
dative coérzame not used coérzale, coérzase coérzanos not used coérzales
accusative coérzame not used coérzalo, coérzala, coérzase coérzanos not used coérzalos, coérzalas
with first-person plural imperative coerzamos
dative not used coerzámoste coerzámosle coerzámonos coerzámoos coerzámosles
accusative not used coerzámoste coerzámoslo, coerzámosla coerzámonos coerzámoos coerzámoslos, coerzámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coerced
dative coercedme not used coercedle coercednos coerceos coercedles
accusative coercedme not used coercedlo, coercedla coercednos coerceos coercedlos, coercedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coerzan
dative coérzanme not used coérzanle coérzannos not used coérzanles, coérzanse
accusative coérzanme not used coérzanlo, coérzanla coérzannos not used coérzanlos, coérzanlas, coérzanse

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