ixer

French

Etymology

Phonetic transcription of the letter X with the verbal suffix -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ik.se/

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• Homophones: ixé, ixée, ixées, ixés, ixez

Verb

ixer

1. (rare, cinematography) to X-rate; to make X-rated
   • Seulement voilà, parce que cette dernière a ixé le film pour sa violence (une première, seuls les films porno étaient ixés !) site FilmsActu.com

Conjugation

Conjugation of ixer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ixer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ixant /ik.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ixé /ik.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ixe /iks/	ixes /iks/	ixe /iks/	ixons /ik.sɔ̃/	ixez /ik.se/	ixent /iks/
	imperfect	ixais /ik.sɛ/	ixais /ik.sɛ/	ixait /ik.sɛ/	ixions /ik.sjɔ̃/	ixiez /ik.sje/	ixaient /ik.sɛ/
	past historic2	ixai /ik.se/	ixas /ik.sa/	ixa /ik.sa/	ixâmes /ik.sam/	ixâtes /ik.sat/	ixèrent /ik.sɛʁ/
	future	ixerai /ik.sə.ʁe/	ixeras /ik.sə.ʁa/	ixera /ik.sə.ʁa/	ixerons /ik.sə.ʁɔ̃/	ixerez /ik.sə.ʁe/	ixeront /ik.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ixerais /ik.sə.ʁɛ/	ixerais /ik.sə.ʁɛ/	ixerait /ik.sə.ʁɛ/	ixerions /ik.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	ixeriez /ik.sə.ʁje/	ixeraient /ik.sə.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	ixe /iks/	ixes /iks/	ixe /iks/	ixions /ik.sjɔ̃/	ixiez /ik.sje/	ixent /iks/
	imperfect2	ixasse /ik.sas/	ixasses /ik.sas/	ixât /ik.sa/	ixassions /ik.sa.sjɔ̃/	ixassiez /ik.sa.sje/	ixassent /ik.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ixe /iks/	—	ixons /ik.sɔ̃/	ixez /ik.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rixe