divorcer

English

Etymology

From divorce +‎ -er.

Noun

divorcer (plural divorcers)

1. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
   • 1655, William Drummond of Hawthornden, History of Scotland […] :

     Death is the violent eſtranger of acquaintance, the eternal Divorcer of Mariage, […]

Antonyms

• divorcee

References

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

Anagrams

• codriver

French

Etymology

From divorce +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɔʁ.se/

• Audio:

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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).

Related terms

• divorce

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

divorcer

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

Synonyms

• dêmathier