surfacer

English

Etymology

surface +‎ -er

Noun

surfacer (plural surfacers)

  1. One who rises to the surface.
  2. A person who planes or dresses a surface.
  3. Any of various machines used to plane or dress a surface.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.fa.se/

Verb

surfacer

  1. (transitive) to plane, to smooth (a surface)

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 surfacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle surfaçant
/syʁ.fa.sɑ̃/
past participle surfacé
/syʁ.fa.se/
infinitive
simple surfacer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple surfaçant
/syʁ.fa.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 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaces
/syʁ.fas/		 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaçons
/syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/		 surfacez
/syʁ.fa.se/		 surfacent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect surfaçais
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfaçais
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfaçait
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfacions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaciez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfaçaient
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/
past historic2 surfaçai
/syʁ.fa.se/		 surfaças
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaça
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaçâmes
/syʁ.fa.sam/		 surfaçâtes
/syʁ.fa.sat/		 surfacèrent
/syʁ.fa.sɛʁ/
future surfacerai
/syʁ.fa.sʁe/		 surfaceras
/syʁ.fa.sʁa/		 surfacera
/syʁ.fa.sʁa/		 surfacerons
/syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/		 surfacerez
/syʁ.fa.sʁe/		 surfaceront
/syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional surfacerais
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerais
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerait
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerions
/syʁ.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surfaceriez
/syʁ.fa.sə.ʁje/		 surfaceraient
/syʁ.fa.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 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaces
/syʁ.fas/		 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfacions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaciez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfacent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect2 surfaçasse
/syʁ.fa.sas/		 surfaçasses
/syʁ.fa.sas/		 surfaçât
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaçassions
/syʁ.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaçassiez
/syʁ.fa.sa.sje/		 surfaçassent
/syʁ.fa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surface
/syʁ.fas/		 — surfaçons
/syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/		 surfacez
/syʁ.fa.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).

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • surfaçage
  • surfaceur
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