interfacer

English

Etymology

From interface +‎ -er.

Noun

interfacer (plural interfacers)

1. one who, or that which, interfaces
   • 2011, Kären M. Hess, Christine Hess Orthmann, Shaun Edward LaDue, Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement, page 85:

     Law enforcement executive managers must be interfacers who communicate with all segments of the agency, from chief deputy to patrol officer.

Translations

one who, or that which, interfaces

French: interfaceur (fr) m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English interface +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.se/

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Verb

interfacer

1. (transitive) to interface

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 interfacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	interfacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	interfaçant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		interfacé /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	interface /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interfaces /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interface /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interfaçons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɔ̃/	interfacez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.se/	interfacent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/
	imperfect	interfaçais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɛ/	interfaçais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɛ/	interfaçait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɛ/	interfacions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/	interfaciez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sje/	interfaçaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɛ/
	past historic2	interfaçai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.se/	interfaças /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sa/	interfaça /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sa/	interfaçâmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sam/	interfaçâtes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sat/	interfacèrent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɛʁ/
	future	interfacerai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁe/	interfaceras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁa/	interfacera /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁa/	interfacerons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/	interfacerez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁe/	interfaceront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	interfacerais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁɛ/	interfacerais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁɛ/	interfacerait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sʁɛ/	interfacerions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	interfaceriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sə.ʁje/	interfaceraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.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	interface /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interfaces /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interface /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	interfacions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/	interfaciez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sje/	interfacent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/
	imperfect2	interfaçasse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sas/	interfaçasses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sas/	interfaçât /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sa/	interfaçassions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sa.sjɔ̃/	interfaçassiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sa.sje/	interfaçassent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	interface /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fas/	—	interfaçons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.fa.sɔ̃/	interfacez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.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

• interfaçage
• interfaceur

Further reading

• “interfacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.