scier

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French scier (with silent ⟨c⟩ in reminiscence of the Latin etymon), from earlier sier, from Old French seier~sier~soiier~seër, from Latin secāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sje/, /si.je/
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Verb

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scier

  1. to saw, to cut with a saw

Conjugation

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Conjugation of scier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sciant
/sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scié
/sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciais
/sjɛ/ 		sciait
/sjɛ/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		sciaient
/sjɛ/
past historic2 sciai
/sje/ 		scias
/sja/ 		scia
/sja/ 		sciâmes
/sjam/ 		sciâtes
/sjat/ 		scièrent
/sjɛʁ/
future scierai
/si.ʁe/ 		scieras
/si.ʁa/ 		sciera
/si.ʁa/ 		scierons
/si.ʁɔ̃/ 		scierez
/si.ʁe/ 		scieront
/si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierais
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierait
/si.ʁɛ/ 		scierions
/si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scieriez
/si.ʁje/ 		scieraient
/si.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 scie
/si/ 		scies
/si/ 		scie
/si/ 		sciions
/si.jɔ̃/ 		sciiez
/si.je/ 		scient
/si/
imperfect2 sciasse
/sjas/ 		sciasses
/sjas/ 		sciât
/sja/ 		sciassions
/sja.sjɔ̃/ 		sciassiez
/sja.sje/ 		sciassent
/sjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scie
/si/ 		— scions
/sjɔ̃/ 		sciez
/sje/ 		—
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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