escrimer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escremir, from Old French escremir, escermir, eschirmir, from Frankish *skirmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʁi.me/

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Verb

escrimer

1. (dated) to fence, to do fencing (sport)
2. (reflexive) to apply oneself, to exert oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of escrimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	escrimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	escrimant /ɛs.kʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		escrimé /ɛs.kʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	escrime /ɛs.kʁim/	escrimes /ɛs.kʁim/	escrime /ɛs.kʁim/	escrimons /ɛs.kʁi.mɔ̃/	escrimez /ɛs.kʁi.me/	escriment /ɛs.kʁim/
	imperfect	escrimais /ɛs.kʁi.mɛ/	escrimais /ɛs.kʁi.mɛ/	escrimait /ɛs.kʁi.mɛ/	escrimions /ɛs.kʁi.mjɔ̃/	escrimiez /ɛs.kʁi.mje/	escrimaient /ɛs.kʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	escrimai /ɛs.kʁi.me/	escrimas /ɛs.kʁi.ma/	escrima /ɛs.kʁi.ma/	escrimâmes /ɛs.kʁi.mam/	escrimâtes /ɛs.kʁi.mat/	escrimèrent /ɛs.kʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	escrimerai /ɛs.kʁim.ʁe/	escrimeras /ɛs.kʁim.ʁa/	escrimera /ɛs.kʁim.ʁa/	escrimerons /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɔ̃/	escrimerez /ɛs.kʁim.ʁe/	escrimeront /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	escrimerais /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɛ/	escrimerais /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɛ/	escrimerait /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɛ/	escrimerions /ɛs.kʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	escrimeriez /ɛs.kʁi.mə.ʁje/	escrimeraient /ɛs.kʁim.ʁɛ/
(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	escrime /ɛs.kʁim/	escrimes /ɛs.kʁim/	escrime /ɛs.kʁim/	escrimions /ɛs.kʁi.mjɔ̃/	escrimiez /ɛs.kʁi.mje/	escriment /ɛs.kʁim/
	imperfect2	escrimasse /ɛs.kʁi.mas/	escrimasses /ɛs.kʁi.mas/	escrimât /ɛs.kʁi.ma/	escrimassions /ɛs.kʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	escrimassiez /ɛs.kʁi.ma.sje/	escrimassent /ɛs.kʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	escrime /ɛs.kʁim/	—	escrimons /ɛs.kʁi.mɔ̃/	escrimez /ɛs.kʁi.me/	—
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).

Related terms

• escrime
• escrimeur, escrimeuse

Further reading

• “escrimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• merciers