surfacer

English

Etymology

surface +‎ -er

Noun

surfacer (plural surfacers)

  1. One who rises to the surface.
  2. A person who planes or dresses a surface.
  3. Any of various machines used to plane or dress a surface.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.fa.se/
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Verb

surfacer

  1. (transitive) to plane, to smooth (a surface)
    Synonym: dégauchir

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 surfacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surfacer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surfaçant
/syʁ.fa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surfacé
/syʁ.fa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaces
/syʁ.fas/		 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaçons
/syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/		 surfacez
/syʁ.fa.se/		 surfacent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect surfaçais
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfaçais
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfaçait
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/		 surfacions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaciez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfaçaient
/syʁ.fa.sɛ/
past historic2 surfaçai
/syʁ.fa.se/		 surfaças
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaça
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaçâmes
/syʁ.fa.sam/		 surfaçâtes
/syʁ.fa.sat/		 surfacèrent
/syʁ.fa.sɛʁ/
future surfacerai
/syʁ.fa.sʁe/		 surfaceras
/syʁ.fa.sʁa/		 surfacera
/syʁ.fa.sʁa/		 surfacerons
/syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/		 surfacerez
/syʁ.fa.sʁe/		 surfaceront
/syʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional surfacerais
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerais
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerait
/syʁ.fa.sʁɛ/		 surfacerions
/syʁ.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surfaceriez
/syʁ.fa.sə.ʁje/		 surfaceraient
/syʁ.fa.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 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfaces
/syʁ.fas/		 surface
/syʁ.fas/		 surfacions
/syʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaciez
/syʁ.fa.sje/		 surfacent
/syʁ.fas/
imperfect2 surfaçasse
/syʁ.fa.sas/		 surfaçasses
/syʁ.fa.sas/		 surfaçât
/syʁ.fa.sa/		 surfaçassions
/syʁ.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 surfaçassiez
/syʁ.fa.sa.sje/		 surfaçassent
/syʁ.fa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surface
/syʁ.fas/		 — surfaçons
/syʁ.fa.sɔ̃/		 surfacez
/syʁ.fa.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).

Derived terms
  • surfaçage
  • surfaceur

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