coulisser
French
Etymology
coulisse + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.li.se/
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Verb
coulisser
- (intransitive) to slide
Conjugation
Conjugation of coulisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | coulisser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | coulissant /ku.li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | coulissé /ku.li.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | coulisse /ku.lis/ | coulisses /ku.lis/ | coulisse /ku.lis/ | coulissons /ku.li.sɔ̃/ | coulissez /ku.li.se/ | coulissent /ku.lis/ |
imperfect | coulissais /ku.li.sɛ/ | coulissais /ku.li.sɛ/ | coulissait /ku.li.sɛ/ | coulissions /ku.li.sjɔ̃/ | coulissiez /ku.li.sje/ | coulissaient /ku.li.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | coulissai /ku.li.se/ | coulissas /ku.li.sa/ | coulissa /ku.li.sa/ | coulissâmes /ku.li.sam/ | coulissâtes /ku.li.sat/ | coulissèrent /ku.li.sɛʁ/ | |
future | coulisserai /ku.li.sʁe/ | coulisseras /ku.li.sʁa/ | coulissera /ku.li.sʁa/ | coulisserons /ku.li.sʁɔ̃/ | coulisserez /ku.li.sʁe/ | coulisseront /ku.li.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | coulisserais /ku.li.sʁɛ/ | coulisserais /ku.li.sʁɛ/ | coulisserait /ku.li.sʁɛ/ | coulisserions /ku.li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | coulisseriez /ku.li.sə.ʁje/ | coulisseraient /ku.li.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 | coulisse /ku.lis/ | coulisses /ku.lis/ | coulisse /ku.lis/ | coulissions /ku.li.sjɔ̃/ | coulissiez /ku.li.sje/ | coulissent /ku.lis/ |
imperfect2 | coulissasse /ku.li.sas/ | coulissasses /ku.li.sas/ | coulissât /ku.li.sa/ | coulissassions /ku.li.sa.sjɔ̃/ | coulissassiez /ku.li.sa.sje/ | coulissassent /ku.li.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | coulisse /ku.lis/ | — | coulissons /ku.li.sɔ̃/ | coulissez /ku.li.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
- “coulisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.