grimacer

English

Etymology

grimace +‎ -er

Noun

grimacer (plural grimacers)

1. Someone who grimaces.

French

Etymology

From grimace +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.ma.se/

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Verb

grimacer

1. (intransitive) to grimace

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 grimacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grimacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grimaçant /ɡʁi.ma.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grimacé /ɡʁi.ma.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grimace /ɡʁi.mas/	grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/	grimace /ɡʁi.mas/	grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/	grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.se/	grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/
	imperfect	grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/	grimaçais /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/	grimaçait /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/	grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/	grimaçaient /ɡʁi.ma.sɛ/
	past historic2	grimaçai /ɡʁi.ma.se/	grimaças /ɡʁi.ma.sa/	grimaça /ɡʁi.ma.sa/	grimaçâmes /ɡʁi.ma.sam/	grimaçâtes /ɡʁi.ma.sat/	grimacèrent /ɡʁi.ma.sɛʁ/
	future	grimacerai /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/	grimaceras /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/	grimacera /ɡʁi.ma.sʁa/	grimacerons /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/	grimacerez /ɡʁi.ma.sʁe/	grimaceront /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/	grimacerais /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/	grimacerait /ɡʁi.ma.sʁɛ/	grimacerions /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	grimaceriez /ɡʁi.ma.sə.ʁje/	grimaceraient /ɡʁi.ma.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	grimace /ɡʁi.mas/	grimaces /ɡʁi.mas/	grimace /ɡʁi.mas/	grimacions /ɡʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	grimaciez /ɡʁi.ma.sje/	grimacent /ɡʁi.mas/
	imperfect2	grimaçasse /ɡʁi.ma.sas/	grimaçasses /ɡʁi.ma.sas/	grimaçât /ɡʁi.ma.sa/	grimaçassions /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/	grimaçassiez /ɡʁi.ma.sa.sje/	grimaçassent /ɡʁi.ma.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grimace /ɡʁi.mas/	—	grimaçons /ɡʁi.ma.sɔ̃/	grimacez /ɡʁi.ma.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).

Further reading

• “grimacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.