devancer
French
Etymology
From devant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.vɑ̃.se/
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Verb
devancer
- (transitive) to overtake, to get ahead, to surpass
- (transitive) to arrive earlier than (someone), to do (something before somebody else), to beat to the punch
- Synonyms: prendre de court, coiffer sur le poteau
- (transitive) to precede, to be ahead of (something in a list)
- to anticipate, to pre-empt
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 devancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | devancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | devançant /də.vɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | devancé /də.vɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devances /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devançons /də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
devancez /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
devancent /də.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | devançais /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devançais /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devançait /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ |
devancions /də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
devanciez /də.vɑ̃.sje/ |
devançaient /də.vɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | devançai /də.vɑ̃.se/ |
devanças /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devança /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devançâmes /də.vɑ̃.sam/ |
devançâtes /də.vɑ̃.sat/ |
devancèrent /də.vɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | devancerai /də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
devanceras /də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
devancera /də.vɑ̃.sʁa/ |
devancerons /də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
devancerez /də.vɑ̃.sʁe/ |
devanceront /də.vɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | devancerais /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerais /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerait /də.vɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
devancerions /də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
devanceriez /də.vɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
devanceraient /də.vɑ̃.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 | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devances /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
devancions /də.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
devanciez /də.vɑ̃.sje/ |
devancent /də.vɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | devançasse /də.vɑ̃.sas/ |
devançasses /də.vɑ̃.sas/ |
devançât /də.vɑ̃.sa/ |
devançassions /də.vɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
devançassiez /də.vɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
devançassent /də.vɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | devance /də.vɑ̃s/ |
— | devançons /də.vɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
devancez /də.vɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- devancement
- devancier
Further reading
- “devancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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