divorcer

English

Etymology

divorce +‎ -er

Noun

divorcer (plural divorcers)

  1. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for divorcer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Antonyms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

divorce +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.vɔʁ.se/

Verb

divorcer

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

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 divorcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle divorçant
/di.vɔʁ.sɑ̃/
past participle divorcé
/di.vɔʁ.se/
infinitive
simple divorcer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple divorçant
/di.vɔʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Verb

divorcer

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

Synonyms
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