divorcer

English

Etymology

divorce +‎ -er

Noun

divorcer (plural divorcers)

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

Antonyms

References

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From divorce +‎ -er.

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

divorcer

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

Synonyms
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