Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Introduction to the verb désamorcer
The English translation of the French verb désamorcer is “to defuse” or “to disarm.” It is pronounced as “day-zah-mohr-seh.”
The word désamorcer comes from the prefix “dés-” which means “un-” or “de-” and the verb “amorcer” which means “to prime” or “to initiate.” In everyday French, désamorcer is most often used in the Passé Antérieur tense, which is a compound tense used to talk about actions that were completed before another past action.
Here are three examples of désamorcer in the Passé Antérieur tense:
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La police avait désamorcé la bombe avant qu’elle n’explose. (The police had defused the bomb before it could explode.)
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Le spécialiste en déminage avait désamorcé toutes les mines dans la zone de guerre. (The demining specialist had disarmed all the mines in the war zone.)
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Les négociateurs avaient réussi à désamorcer la crise diplomatique entre les deux pays. (The negotiators had managed to defuse the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of désamorcer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse désamorcé | I had defused |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses désamorcé | You had defused |
il | il eût | Il eût désamorcé | He had defused |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût désamorcé | She had defused |
on | on eût | On eût désamorcé | One had defused |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes désamorcé | We had defused |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes désamorcé | You had defused |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent désamorcé | They had defused |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent désamorcé | They had defused |
Other Conjugations for Désamorcer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désamorcer
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Désamorcer – About the French Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense
Formation of the Passé Antérieur
Common Usage Patterns
Literature
Historical Texts
Formal Writing
Interactions with Other Tenses
Passé Composé (Present Perfect)
Imparfait (Imperfect)
Futur Antérieur (Future Perfect)
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