divorcer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

divorce +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

divorcer (plural divorcers)

  1. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.

Antonyms[edit]

References[edit]

“divorcer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From divorce +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /di.vɔʁ.se/
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Verb[edit]

divorcer

  1. (transitive) to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
  2. (reflexive, se divorcer) to get divorced, to divorce one another

Conjugation[edit]

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 divorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple divorcer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple divorçant
/di.vɔʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle divorcé
/di.vɔʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present divorce
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorces
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorce
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorçons
/di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ 		divorcez
/di.vɔʁ.se/ 		divorcent
/di.vɔʁs/
imperfect divorçais
/di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ 		divorçais
/di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ 		divorçait
/di.vɔʁ.sɛ/ 		divorcions
/di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		divorciez
/di.vɔʁ.sje/ 		divorçaient
/di.vɔʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 divorçai
/di.vɔʁ.se/ 		divorças
/di.vɔʁ.sa/ 		divorça
/di.vɔʁ.sa/ 		divorçâmes
/di.vɔʁ.sam/ 		divorçâtes
/di.vɔʁ.sat/ 		divorcèrent
/di.vɔʁ.sɛʁ/
future divorcerai
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		divorceras
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		divorcera
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		divorcerons
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		divorcerez
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		divorceront
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional divorcerais
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		divorcerais
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		divorcerait
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		divorcerions
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		divorceriez
/di.vɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		divorceraient
/di.vɔʁ.sə.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 divorce
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorces
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorce
/di.vɔʁs/ 		divorcions
/di.vɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		divorciez
/di.vɔʁ.sje/ 		divorcent
/di.vɔʁs/
imperfect2 divorçasse
/di.vɔʁ.sas/ 		divorçasses
/di.vɔʁ.sas/ 		divorçât
/di.vɔʁ.sa/ 		divorçassions
/di.vɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		divorçassiez
/di.vɔʁ.sa.sje/ 		divorçassent
/di.vɔʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — divorce
/di.vɔʁs/ 		— divorçons
/di.vɔʁ.sɔ̃/ 		divorcez
/di.vɔʁ.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:
  • 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).

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Verb[edit]

divorcer

  1. (Jersey) to divorce
  2. (Jersey, reflexive, s'divorcer) to get divorced

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