crosser
See also: Crosser
English
Etymology 1
cross (verb) + -er
Noun
crosser (plural crossers)
- Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross
Derived terms
- double-crosser
- t-crosser
Etymology 2
cross (adjective) + -er
Adjective
crosser
- comparative form of cross: more cross
Anagrams
- recross, scorers
French
Etymology
crosse + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔ.se/
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Verb
crosser
- (sports) to hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”)
- (Quebec, informal) to cheat, to swindle
- (Quebec, vulgar, reflexive) to masturbate, to jack off, to jerk off
Conjugation
Conjugation of crosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | crosser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | crossant /kʁɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | crossé /kʁɔ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | crosse /kʁɔs/ | crosses /kʁɔs/ | crosse /kʁɔs/ | crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/ | crossez /kʁɔ.se/ | crossent /kʁɔs/ |
imperfect | crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/ | crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/ | crossait /kʁɔ.sɛ/ | crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ | crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/ | crossaient /kʁɔ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | crossai /kʁɔ.se/ | crossas /kʁɔ.sa/ | crossa /kʁɔ.sa/ | crossâmes /kʁɔ.sam/ | crossâtes /kʁɔ.sat/ | crossèrent /kʁɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | crosserai /kʁɔ.sʁe/ | crosseras /kʁɔ.sʁa/ | crossera /kʁɔ.sʁa/ | crosserons /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | crosserez /kʁɔ.sʁe/ | crosseront /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ | crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ | crosserait /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ | crosserions /kʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | crosseriez /kʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ | crosseraient /kʁɔ.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 | crosse /kʁɔs/ | crosses /kʁɔs/ | crosse /kʁɔs/ | crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ | crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/ | crossent /kʁɔs/ |
imperfect2 | crossasse /kʁɔ.sas/ | crossasses /kʁɔ.sas/ | crossât /kʁɔ.sa/ | crossassions /kʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | crossassiez /kʁɔ.sa.sje/ | crossassent /kʁɔ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | crosse /kʁɔs/ | — | crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/ | crossez /kʁɔ.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). |
Derived terms
- (to cheat): crosseur
Further reading
- “crosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.