corser
Catalan
Etymology
French coursier
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /koɾˈse/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kurˈse/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /koɾˈseɾ/
Noun
corser m (plural corsers)
- (historical) A horse used for tournaments and battles; a charger.
- (poetic) A horse; steed.
Further reading
- “corser” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “corser” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
corps + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.se/
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Verb
corser
- (transitive) to spice up
- (transitive) to increase
- (reflexive) to worsen
Conjugation
Conjugation of corser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | corser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | corsant /kɔʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | corsé /kɔʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | corse /kɔʁs/ | corses /kɔʁs/ | corse /kɔʁs/ | corsons /kɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | corsez /kɔʁ.se/ | corsent /kɔʁs/ |
| imperfect | corsais /kɔʁ.sɛ/ | corsais /kɔʁ.sɛ/ | corsait /kɔʁ.sɛ/ | corsions /kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | corsiez /kɔʁ.sje/ | corsaient /kɔʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | corsai /kɔʁ.se/ | corsas /kɔʁ.sa/ | corsa /kɔʁ.sa/ | corsâmes /kɔʁ.sam/ | corsâtes /kɔʁ.sat/ | corsèrent /kɔʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | corserai /kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | corseras /kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | corsera /kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/ | corserons /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | corserez /kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/ | corseront /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | corserais /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | corserais /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | corserait /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | corserions /kɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | corseriez /kɔʁ.sə.ʁje/ | corseraient /kɔʁ.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 | corse /kɔʁs/ | corses /kɔʁs/ | corse /kɔʁs/ | corsions /kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/ | corsiez /kɔʁ.sje/ | corsent /kɔʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | corsasse /kɔʁ.sas/ | corsasses /kɔʁ.sas/ | corsât /kɔʁ.sa/ | corsassions /kɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | corsassiez /kɔʁ.sa.sje/ | corsassent /kɔʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | corse /kɔʁs/ | — | corsons /kɔʁ.sɔ̃/ | corsez /kɔʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “corser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
corser
- Alternative form of courser