scier

See also: ścier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French scier (with silent ⟨c⟩ in reminiscence of the Latin etymon), from earlier sier, from Old French seier~sier~soiier~seër, from Latin secāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sje/, /si.je/
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Verb

scier

  1. to saw, to cut with a saw

Conjugation
Conjugation of scier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sciant
/sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scié
/sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present scie
/si/		 scies
/si/		 scie
/si/		 scions
/sjɔ̃/		 sciez
/sje/		 scient
/si/
imperfect sciais
/sjɛ/		 sciais
/sjɛ/		 sciait
/sjɛ/		 sciions
/si.jɔ̃/		 sciiez
/si.je/		 sciaient
/sjɛ/
past historic2 sciai
/sje/		 scias
/sja/		 scia
/sja/		 sciâmes
/sjam/		 sciâtes
/sjat/		 scièrent
/sjɛʁ/
future scierai
/si.ʁe/		 scieras
/si.ʁa/		 sciera
/si.ʁa/		 scierons
/si.ʁɔ̃/		 scierez
/si.ʁe/		 scieront
/si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scierais
/si.ʁɛ/		 scierais
/si.ʁɛ/		 scierait
/si.ʁɛ/		 scierions
/si.ʁjɔ̃/		 scieriez
/si.ʁje/		 scieraient
/si.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 scie
/si/		 scies
/si/		 scie
/si/		 sciions
/si.jɔ̃/		 sciiez
/si.je/		 scient
/si/
imperfect2 sciasse
/sjas/		 sciasses
/sjas/		 sciât
/sja/		 sciassions
/sja.sjɔ̃/		 sciassiez
/sja.sje/		 sciassent
/sjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scie
/si/		 — scions
/sjɔ̃/		 sciez
/sje/		 —
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).

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