replacer

English

Etymology

From replace +‎ -er.

Noun

replacer (plural replacers)

1. A replacement or substitute.
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2. One who replaces something.

Derived terms

• car replacer
• egg replacer
• milk replacer

 

Anagrams

• preclare, preclear

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ placer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

replacer

1. to put back, replace

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 replacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	replacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	replaçant /ʁə.pla.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		replacé /ʁə.pla.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	replace /ʁə.plas/	replaces /ʁə.plas/	replace /ʁə.plas/	replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/	replacez /ʁə.pla.se/	replacent /ʁə.plas/
	imperfect	replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/	replaçais /ʁə.pla.sɛ/	replaçait /ʁə.pla.sɛ/	replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/	replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/	replaçaient /ʁə.pla.sɛ/
	past historic2	replaçai /ʁə.pla.se/	replaças /ʁə.pla.sa/	replaça /ʁə.pla.sa/	replaçâmes /ʁə.pla.sam/	replaçâtes /ʁə.pla.sat/	replacèrent /ʁə.pla.sɛʁ/
	future	replacerai /ʁə.pla.sʁe/	replaceras /ʁə.pla.sʁa/	replacera /ʁə.pla.sʁa/	replacerons /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/	replacerez /ʁə.pla.sʁe/	replaceront /ʁə.pla.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/	replacerais /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/	replacerait /ʁə.pla.sʁɛ/	replacerions /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	replaceriez /ʁə.pla.sə.ʁje/	replaceraient /ʁə.pla.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	replace /ʁə.plas/	replaces /ʁə.plas/	replace /ʁə.plas/	replacions /ʁə.pla.sjɔ̃/	replaciez /ʁə.pla.sje/	replacent /ʁə.plas/
	imperfect2	replaçasse /ʁə.pla.sas/	replaçasses /ʁə.pla.sas/	replaçât /ʁə.pla.sa/	replaçassions /ʁə.pla.sa.sjɔ̃/	replaçassiez /ʁə.pla.sa.sje/	replaçassent /ʁə.pla.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	replace /ʁə.plas/	—	replaçons /ʁə.pla.sɔ̃/	replacez /ʁə.pla.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

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