occire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French occire, from Old French ocire (with /k/ reinserted per the Latin etymon), from Vulgar Latin *auccīdō, altered from Latin occīdō, possibly by influence of another verb such as auferō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.siʁ/

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Verb

occire (defective)

1. (archaic or humorous) to slay

Conjugation

• This verb is only common in the infinitive occire and past participle occis, but encountered in other tenses, with the conjugation of circoncire:

Conjugation of occire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	occire
	compound	avoir ''or'' être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	occisant
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		occis
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	occis	occis	occit	occisons	occisez	occisent
	imperfect	occisais	occisais	occisait	occisions	occisiez	occisaient
	past historic2	occis	occis	occit	occîmes	occîtes	occirent
	future	occirai	occiras	occira	occirons	occirez	occiront
	conditional	occirais	occirais	occirait	occirions	occiriez	occiraient
(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	occise	occises	occise	occisions	occisiez	occisent
	imperfect2	occisse	occisses	occît	occissions	occissiez	occissent
(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		—	occis	—	occisons	occisez	—
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

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ocire, from Vulgar Latin *aucidere, from Latin occīdere, present active infinitive of occīdō.

Verb

occire

1. to kill; to slay

Synonyms

• tuer

Descendants

• French: occire

Old French

Verb

occire

1. Alternative form of ocire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of occire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		occire			avoir occis
gerund		en occiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		occiant
past participle		occis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	occi	occiz	occit	occions	occïez	occïent
	imperfect	occioie, occïeie	occioies, occïeies	occioit, occïeit	occiiiens, occiiens	occiiiez, occiiez	occioient, occïeient
	preterite	occis	occeṣis	occist	occeṣimes	occeṣistes	occisdrent
	future	occirai, occirrai	occiras, occirras	occira, occirra	occirons, occirrons	occiroiz, occireiz, occirez, occirroiz, occirreiz, occirrez	occiront, occirront
	conditional	occiroie, occireie, occirroie, occirreie	occiroies, occireies, occirroies, occirreies	occiroit, occireit, occirroit, occirreit	occiriiens, occiriens, occirriiens, occirriens	occiriiez, occiriez, occirriiez, occirriez	occiroient, occireient, occirroient, occirreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	occïe	occïes	occïe	occions	occïez	occïent
	imperfect	occeṣisse	occeṣisses	occeṣist	occeṣissons, occeṣissiens	occeṣissoiz, occeṣissez, occeṣissiez	occeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	occi	—	occions	occïez	—