digresser
French
Etymology
From digress(ion) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ɡʁɛ.se/, /di.ɡʁe.se/
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Verb
digresser
- (transitive) to digress
Conjugation
Conjugation of digresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | digresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | digressant /di.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | digressé /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digresses /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digressons /di.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ | digressez /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/ | digressent /di.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | digressais /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | digressais /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | digressait /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | digressions /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ | digressiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sje/ | digressaient /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | digressai /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/ | digressas /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/ | digressa /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/ | digressâmes /di.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /di.ɡʁe.sam/ | digressâtes /di.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /di.ɡʁe.sat/ | digressèrent /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | digresserai /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁe/ | digresseras /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁa/ | digressera /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁa/ | digresserons /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | digresserez /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁe/ | digresseront /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | digresserais /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | digresserais /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | digresserait /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | digresserions /di.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | digresseriez /di.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ | digresseraient /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.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 | digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digresses /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/ | digressions /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ | digressiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sje/ | digressent /di.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | digressasse /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/ | digressasses /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/ | digressât /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/ | digressassions /di.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | digressassiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa.sje/ | digressassent /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/ | — | digressons /di.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ | digressez /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.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
- “digresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.