coincer
French
Etymology
From coin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɛ̃.se/
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Verb
coincer
- to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
- to turn a corner
- (informal) to catch out, to expose
- (informal, intransitive) to cause a problem
- Ça coince encore pour moi! ― I am in trouble again!
- (figurative) to corner, to trap
- (reflexive, se coincer) to get stuck
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 coincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | coincer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | coinçant /kwɛ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | coincé /kwɛ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçais /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coinçait /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coinçaient /kwɛ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | coinçai /kwɛ̃.se/ |
coinças /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinça /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçâmes /kwɛ̃.sam/ |
coinçâtes /kwɛ̃.sat/ |
coincèrent /kwɛ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | coincerai /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceras /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincera /kwɛ̃.sʁa/ |
coincerons /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
coincerez /kwɛ̃.sʁe/ |
coinceront /kwɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerais /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerait /kwɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
coincerions /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coinceriez /kwɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
coinceraient /kwɛ̃.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 | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coinces /kwɛ̃s/ |
coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
coincions /kwɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
coinciez /kwɛ̃.sje/ |
coincent /kwɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | coinçasse /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçasses /kwɛ̃.sas/ |
coinçât /kwɛ̃.sa/ |
coinçassions /kwɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
coinçassiez /kwɛ̃.sa.sje/ |
coinçassent /kwɛ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | coince /kwɛ̃s/ |
— | coinçons /kwɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
coincez /kwɛ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “coincer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Mirandese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cognōscō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kũj̃ˈs̻eɾ/ [kũj̃ˈs̻eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: coin‧cer
Verb
coincer (first-person singular present conheço, first-person singular preterite coinci, past participle coincido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of coincer (irregular; c-ç alternation)
| infinitive | coincer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | coincendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | coincido | coincida | |||||
| plural | coincidos | coincidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| personal non-finite | you | tu | el/eilha | nós | bós | eilhes/eilhas | |
| infinitive | coincer | coinceres | coincer | coincermos | coincerdes | coincéren | |
| indicative | you | tu | el/eilha | nós | bós | eilhes/eilhas | |
| present | conheço | conheces | conhece | coincemos | coinceis | conhécen | |
| imperfect | coincie | coincies | coincie | coinciemos | coinciedes | coincien | |
| preterite | coinci | coinciste | coinciu | coincimos | coincistes | coincírun | |
| pluperfect | coincira | coinciras | coincira | coincíramos | coincírades | coincíran | |
| future | coincerei | coincerás | coincerá | coinceremos | coincereis | coinceran | |
| conditional | coincerie | coinceries | coincerie | coinceriemos | coinceriedes | coincerien | |
| subjunctive | you | tu | el/eilha | nós | bós | eilhes/eilhas | |
| present | conheça | conheças | conheça | conhéçamos | conhéçades | conhéçan | |
| imperfect | coincisse | coincisses | coincisse | coincíssemos | coincíssedes | coincíssen | |
| future | coincir | coincires | coincir | coincirmos | coincirdes | coincíren | |
| imperative | you | tu | el/eilha | nós | bós | eilhes/eilhas | |
| affirmative | — | conhece | — | — | coincei | — | |
Derived terms
- coincimento (“knowledge”)
References
- Moisés, Pires (2004), “coincer”, in Pequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published 2019, →ISBN, page 195.
Norman
Etymology
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Verb
coincer