adosser
See also: adôsser
French
Etymology
a- + dos (“back”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.do.se/
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Verb
adosser
- (transitive) to back up (put someone's back (against))
- adosser quelqu'un contre un mur ― to back someone up against a wall
- (reflexive) to lean (back)
- s'adosser contre un mur ― to lean (back) against a wall
- (reflexive) to back up (put one's back against something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | adosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | adossant /a.do.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adossé /a.do.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | adosse /a.dos/ | adosses /a.dos/ | adosse /a.dos/ | adossons /a.do.sɔ̃/ | adossez /a.do.se/ | adossent /a.dos/ |
| imperfect | adossais /a.do.sɛ/ | adossais /a.do.sɛ/ | adossait /a.do.sɛ/ | adossions /a.do.sjɔ̃/ | adossiez /a.do.sje/ | adossaient /a.do.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adossai /a.do.se/ | adossas /a.do.sa/ | adossa /a.do.sa/ | adossâmes /a.do.sam/ | adossâtes /a.do.sat/ | adossèrent /a.do.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | adosserai /a.do.sʁe/ | adosseras /a.do.sʁa/ | adossera /a.do.sʁa/ | adosserons /a.do.sʁɔ̃/ | adosserez /a.do.sʁe/ | adosseront /a.do.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adosserais /a.do.sʁɛ/ | adosserais /a.do.sʁɛ/ | adosserait /a.do.sʁɛ/ | adosserions /a.do.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | adosseriez /a.do.sə.ʁje/ | adosseraient /a.do.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 | adosse /a.dos/ | adosses /a.dos/ | adosse /a.dos/ | adossions /a.do.sjɔ̃/ | adossiez /a.do.sje/ | adossent /a.dos/ |
| imperfect2 | adossasse /a.do.sas/ | adossasses /a.do.sas/ | adossât /a.do.sa/ | adossassions /a.do.sa.sjɔ̃/ | adossassiez /a.do.sa.sje/ | adossassent /a.do.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adosse /a.dos/ | — | adossons /a.do.sɔ̃/ | adossez /a.do.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). | |||||||
Descendants
- → Spanish: adosar
Further reading
- “adosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dorasse, doseras, rodasse, rôdasse