cuirasser
French
Etymology
From cuirasse + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
cuirasser
- (transitive) to put on (a suit of armour)
- (figuratively, reflexive, se cuirasser) to prepare for action
Conjugation
Conjugation of cuirasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cuirasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cuirassant /kɥi.ʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cuirassé /kɥi.ʁa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirasses /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirassons /kɥi.ʁa.sɔ̃/ | cuirassez /kɥi.ʁa.se/ | cuirassent /kɥi.ʁas/ |
| imperfect | cuirassais /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ | cuirassais /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ | cuirassait /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ | cuirassions /kɥi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | cuirassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sje/ | cuirassaient /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cuirassai /kɥi.ʁa.se/ | cuirassas /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ | cuirassa /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ | cuirassâmes /kɥi.ʁa.sam/ | cuirassâtes /kɥi.ʁa.sat/ | cuirassèrent /kɥi.ʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | cuirasserai /kɥi.ʁa.sʁe/ | cuirasseras /kɥi.ʁa.sʁa/ | cuirassera /kɥi.ʁa.sʁa/ | cuirasserons /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | cuirasserez /kɥi.ʁa.sʁe/ | cuirasseront /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cuirasserais /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ | cuirasserais /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ | cuirasserait /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ | cuirasserions /kɥi.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cuirasseriez /kɥi.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ | cuirasseraient /kɥi.ʁa.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 | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirasses /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ | cuirassions /kɥi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | cuirassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sje/ | cuirassent /kɥi.ʁas/ |
| imperfect2 | cuirassasse /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ | cuirassasses /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ | cuirassât /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ | cuirassassions /kɥi.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | cuirassassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sa.sje/ | cuirassassent /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ | — | cuirassons /kɥi.ʁa.sɔ̃/ | cuirassez /kɥi.ʁa.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
- cuirassé
Further reading
- “cuirasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.