usurper

English

Etymology

From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juˈsɜɹpə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

Noun

usurper (plural usurpers)

  1. One who usurps.
    Synonym: usurpator
    • 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎:
      The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrpō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /y.zyʁ.pe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

usurper

  1. to usurp

Conjugation
Conjugation of usurper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple usurper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple usurpant
/y.zyʁ.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle usurpé
/y.zyʁ.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present usurpe
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpes
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpe
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpons
/y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/		 usurpez
/y.zyʁ.pe/		 usurpent
/y.zyʁp/
imperfect usurpais
/y.zyʁ.pɛ/		 usurpais
/y.zyʁ.pɛ/		 usurpait
/y.zyʁ.pɛ/		 usurpions
/y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/		 usurpiez
/y.zyʁ.pje/		 usurpaient
/y.zyʁ.pɛ/
past historic2 usurpai
/y.zyʁ.pe/		 usurpas
/y.zyʁ.pa/		 usurpa
/y.zyʁ.pa/		 usurpâmes
/y.zyʁ.pam/		 usurpâtes
/y.zyʁ.pat/		 usurpèrent
/y.zyʁ.pɛʁ/
future usurperai
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/		 usurperas
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/		 usurpera
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/		 usurperons
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/		 usurperez
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/		 usurperont
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional usurperais
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/		 usurperais
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/		 usurperait
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/		 usurperions
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 usurperiez
/y.zyʁ.pə.ʁje/		 usurperaient
/y.zyʁ.pə.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 usurpe
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpes
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpe
/y.zyʁp/		 usurpions
/y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/		 usurpiez
/y.zyʁ.pje/		 usurpent
/y.zyʁp/
imperfect2 usurpasse
/y.zyʁ.pas/		 usurpasses
/y.zyʁ.pas/		 usurpât
/y.zyʁ.pa/		 usurpassions
/y.zyʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/		 usurpassiez
/y.zyʁ.pa.sje/		 usurpassent
/y.zyʁ.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — usurpe
/y.zyʁp/		 — usurpons
/y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/		 usurpez
/y.zyʁ.pe/		 —
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

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

ūsūrper

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ūsūrpō
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