cosser
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cozzare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.se/
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Verb
cosser
- (intransitive) to butt (ram heads together)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cosser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cossant /kɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cossé /kɔ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cosse /kɔs/ | cosses /kɔs/ | cosse /kɔs/ | cossons /kɔ.sɔ̃/ | cossez /kɔ.se/ | cossent /kɔs/ |
imperfect | cossais /kɔ.sɛ/ | cossais /kɔ.sɛ/ | cossait /kɔ.sɛ/ | cossions /kɔ.sjɔ̃/ | cossiez /kɔ.sje/ | cossaient /kɔ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cossai /kɔ.se/ | cossas /kɔ.sa/ | cossa /kɔ.sa/ | cossâmes /kɔ.sam/ | cossâtes /kɔ.sat/ | cossèrent /kɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | cosserai /kɔ.sʁe/ | cosseras /kɔ.sʁa/ | cossera /kɔ.sʁa/ | cosserons /kɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | cosserez /kɔ.sʁe/ | cosseront /kɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cosserais /kɔ.sʁɛ/ | cosserais /kɔ.sʁɛ/ | cosserait /kɔ.sʁɛ/ | cosserions /kɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cosseriez /kɔ.sə.ʁje/ | cosseraient /kɔ.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 | cosse /kɔs/ | cosses /kɔs/ | cosse /kɔs/ | cossions /kɔ.sjɔ̃/ | cossiez /kɔ.sje/ | cossent /kɔs/ |
imperfect2 | cossasse /kɔ.sas/ | cossasses /kɔ.sas/ | cossât /kɔ.sa/ | cossassions /kɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | cossassiez /kɔ.sa.sje/ | cossassent /kɔ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cosse /kɔs/ | — | cossons /kɔ.sɔ̃/ | cossez /kɔ.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
- “cosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.