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Verb conjugation

accorer

to shore up

Usage

Accorer is a specialized technical verb from construction and shipbuilding meaning to prop up or shore up something (a wall, hull, or trench) with a temporary support beam (une accore). It's essentially unknown outside professional/technical contexts.

Examples
  • Les ouvriers ont accoré le mur fissuré avant de le réparer.The workers shored up the cracked wall before repairing it.
  • Le charpentier de marine a accoré la coque en cale sèche.The shipwright shored up the hull in dry dock.
  • Il faut accorer la tranchée pour éviter un éboulement.The trench needs to be shored up to prevent a collapse.
Common mistake

This is a rare technical term a general learner will almost never need to produce — don't confuse it with accorder (to grant/tune), which is a completely different, much more common verb despite the similar spelling.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaccore
tuaccores
il/elleaccore
nousaccorons
vousaccorez
ils/ellesaccorent

Imperfect

jeaccorais
tuaccorais
il/elleaccorait
nousaccorions
vousaccoriez
ils/ellesaccoraient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaccorai
tuaccoras
il/elleaccora
nousaccorâmes
vousaccorâtes
ils/ellesaccorèrent

Future

jeaccorerai
tuaccoreras
il/elleaccorera
nousaccorerons
vousaccorerez
ils/ellesaccoreront

Conditional

jeaccorerais
tuaccorerais
il/elleaccorerait
nousaccorerions
vousaccoreriez
ils/ellesaccoreraient

Subjunctive

jeaccore
tuaccores
il/elleaccore
nousaccorions
vousaccoriez
ils/ellesaccorent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaccorasse
tuaccorasses
il/elleaccorât
nousaccorassions
vousaccorassiez
ils/ellesaccorassent

Imperative

tuaccore
nousaccorons
vousaccorez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai accoré
tuas accoré
il/ellea accoré
nousavons accoré
vousavez accoré
ils/ellesont accoré

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais accoré
tuavais accoré
il/elleavait accoré
nousavions accoré
vousaviez accoré
ils/ellesavaient accoré

Passé antérieur

jeeus accoré
tueus accoré
il/elleeut accoré
nouseûmes accoré
vouseûtes accoré
ils/elleseurent accoré

Futur antérieur

jeaurai accoré
tuauras accoré
il/elleaura accoré
nousaurons accoré
vousaurez accoré
ils/ellesauront accoré

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais accoré
tuaurais accoré
il/elleaurait accoré
nousaurions accoré
vousauriez accoré
ils/ellesauraient accoré

Subjonctif passé

jeaie accoré
tuaies accoré
il/elleait accoré
nousayons accoré
vousayez accoré
ils/ellesaient accoré

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse accoré
tueusses accoré
il/elleeût accoré
nouseussions accoré
vouseussiez accoré
ils/elleseussent accoré

Impératif passé

tuaie accoré
nousayons accoré
vousayez accoré

Other

Present participle

accorant

Past participle

accoré

Infinitive

accorer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "accorer" mean?

"accorer" means "to shore up".

How do you conjugate "accorer" in the present tense?

The present of "accorer" is: je accore, tu accores, il/elle accore, nous accorons, vous accorez, ils/elles accorent.

What is the Passé composé of "accorer"?

The passé composé of "accorer" is: je ai accoré, tu as accoré, il/elle a accoré, nous avons accoré, vous avez accoré, ils/elles ont accoré.

What is the Imperative of "accorer"?

The imperative of "accorer" is: tu accore, nous accorons, vous accorez.