axer

French

Etymology

From axe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.se/

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Verb

axer

1. (transitive, mathematics) to align on an axis
2. (transitive) to point, to orientate

Conjugation

Conjugation of axer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	axer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	axant /ak.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		axé /ak.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	axe /aks/	axes /aks/	axe /aks/	axons /ak.sɔ̃/	axez /ak.se/	axent /aks/
	imperfect	axais /ak.sɛ/	axais /ak.sɛ/	axait /ak.sɛ/	axions /ak.sjɔ̃/	axiez /ak.sje/	axaient /ak.sɛ/
	past historic2	axai /ak.se/	axas /ak.sa/	axa /ak.sa/	axâmes /ak.sam/	axâtes /ak.sat/	axèrent /ak.sɛʁ/
	future	axerai /ak.sə.ʁe/	axeras /ak.sə.ʁa/	axera /ak.sə.ʁa/	axerons /ak.sə.ʁɔ̃/	axerez /ak.sə.ʁe/	axeront /ak.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	axerais /ak.sə.ʁɛ/	axerais /ak.sə.ʁɛ/	axerait /ak.sə.ʁɛ/	axerions /ak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	axeriez /ak.sə.ʁje/	axeraient /ak.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	axe /aks/	axes /aks/	axe /aks/	axions /ak.sjɔ̃/	axiez /ak.sje/	axent /aks/
	imperfect2	axasse /ak.sas/	axasses /ak.sas/	axât /ak.sa/	axassions /ak.sa.sjɔ̃/	axassiez /ak.sa.sje/	axassent /ak.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	axe /aks/	—	axons /ak.sɔ̃/	axez /ak.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

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

Middle English

Noun

axer

1. Alternative form of asker