acquiescer

English

Etymology

From acquiesce +‎ -er.

Noun

acquiescer (plural acquiescers)

  1. One who acquiesces.
    • 1969, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, page 82:
      On the basis of these scores, patients were designated High Acquiescers and Low Acquiescers.

Alternative forms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acquiescere.

Pronunciation

Verb

acquiescer

  1. to acquiesce

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 acquiescer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple acquiescer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple acquiesçant
/a.kjɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.kje.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle acquiescé
/a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present acquiesce
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiesces
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiesce
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiesçons
/a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ 		acquiescez
/a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ 		acquiescent
/a.kjɛs/
imperfect acquiesçais
/a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ 		acquiesçais
/a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ 		acquiesçait
/a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/ 		acquiescions
/a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ 		acquiesciez
/a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ 		acquiesçaient
/a.kjɛ.sɛ/ or /a.kje.sɛ/
past historic2 acquiesçai
/a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.se/ 		acquiesças
/a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ 		acquiesça
/a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ 		acquiesçâmes
/a.kjɛ.sam/ or /a.kje.sam/ 		acquiesçâtes
/a.kjɛ.sat/ or /a.kje.sat/ 		acquiescèrent
/a.kjɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.kje.sɛʁ/
future acquiescerai
/a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ 		acquiesceras
/a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ 		acquiescera
/a.kjɛ.sʁa/ or /a.kje.sʁa/ 		acquiescerons
/a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/ 		acquiescerez
/a.kjɛ.sʁe/ or /a.kje.sʁe/ 		acquiesceront
/a.kjɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sʁɔ̃/
conditional acquiescerais
/a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ 		acquiescerais
/a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ 		acquiescerait
/a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.sʁɛ/ 		acquiescerions
/a.kjɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		acquiesceriez
/a.kjɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.kje.sə.ʁje/ 		acquiesceraient
/a.kjɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.kje.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 acquiesce
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiesces
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiesce
/a.kjɛs/ 		acquiescions
/a.kjɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sjɔ̃/ 		acquiesciez
/a.kjɛ.sje/ or /a.kje.sje/ 		acquiescent
/a.kjɛs/
imperfect2 acquiesçasse
/a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ 		acquiesçasses
/a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/ 		acquiesçât
/a.kjɛ.sa/ or /a.kje.sa/ 		acquiesçassions
/a.kjɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		acquiesçassiez
/a.kjɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.kje.sa.sje/ 		acquiesçassent
/a.kjɛ.sas/ or /a.kje.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — acquiesce
/a.kjɛs/ 		— acquiesçons
/a.kjɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.kje.sɔ̃/ 		acquiescez
/a.kjɛ.se/ or /a.kje.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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