quittancer

French

Etymology

From quittance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.tɑ̃.se/

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Verb

quittancer

1. (transitive) to receipt, to release

   Il a quittancé un contrat.

   He released a contract.

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 quittancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	quittancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	quittançant /ki.tɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		quittancé /ki.tɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	quittance /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittances /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittance /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittançons /ki.tɑ̃.sɔ̃/	quittancez /ki.tɑ̃.se/	quittancent /ki.tɑ̃s/
	imperfect	quittançais /ki.tɑ̃.sɛ/	quittançais /ki.tɑ̃.sɛ/	quittançait /ki.tɑ̃.sɛ/	quittancions /ki.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	quittanciez /ki.tɑ̃.sje/	quittançaient /ki.tɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	quittançai /ki.tɑ̃.se/	quittanças /ki.tɑ̃.sa/	quittança /ki.tɑ̃.sa/	quittançâmes /ki.tɑ̃.sam/	quittançâtes /ki.tɑ̃.sat/	quittancèrent /ki.tɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	quittancerai /ki.tɑ̃.sʁe/	quittanceras /ki.tɑ̃.sʁa/	quittancera /ki.tɑ̃.sʁa/	quittancerons /ki.tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	quittancerez /ki.tɑ̃.sʁe/	quittanceront /ki.tɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	quittancerais /ki.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/	quittancerais /ki.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/	quittancerait /ki.tɑ̃.sʁɛ/	quittancerions /ki.tɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	quittanceriez /ki.tɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	quittanceraient /ki.tɑ̃.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	quittance /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittances /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittance /ki.tɑ̃s/	quittancions /ki.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	quittanciez /ki.tɑ̃.sje/	quittancent /ki.tɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	quittançasse /ki.tɑ̃.sas/	quittançasses /ki.tɑ̃.sas/	quittançât /ki.tɑ̃.sa/	quittançassions /ki.tɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	quittançassiez /ki.tɑ̃.sa.sje/	quittançassent /ki.tɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	quittance /ki.tɑ̃s/	—	quittançons /ki.tɑ̃.sɔ̃/	quittancez /ki.tɑ̃.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

• quittançable

Related terms

• quitter
• acquitter

Further reading

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