essorer
French
Etymology
From Old French essorer (whence also English soar), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air; to expose to air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.sɔ.ʁe/
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Verb
essorer
- to dry out, to hang out to dry (e.g. washing)
- Je voudrais essorer mon pull-over. ― I'd like to hang out my pullover.
- wring, wring out
Conjugation
Conjugation of essorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | essorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | essorant /e.sɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | essoré /e.sɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | essore /e.sɔʁ/ | essores /e.sɔʁ/ | essore /e.sɔʁ/ | essorons /e.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | essorez /e.sɔ.ʁe/ | essorent /e.sɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | essorais /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/ | essorais /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/ | essorait /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/ | essorions /e.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ | essoriez /e.sɔ.ʁje/ | essoraient /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | essorai /e.sɔ.ʁe/ | essoras /e.sɔ.ʁa/ | essora /e.sɔ.ʁa/ | essorâmes /e.sɔ.ʁam/ | essorâtes /e.sɔ.ʁat/ | essorèrent /e.sɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | essorerai /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ | essoreras /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ | essorera /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ | essorerons /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | essorerez /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ | essoreront /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | essorerais /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | essorerais /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | essorerait /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | essorerions /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | essoreriez /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ | essoreraient /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | essore /e.sɔʁ/ | essores /e.sɔʁ/ | essore /e.sɔʁ/ | essorions /e.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ | essoriez /e.sɔ.ʁje/ | essorent /e.sɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | essorasse /e.sɔ.ʁas/ | essorasses /e.sɔ.ʁas/ | essorât /e.sɔ.ʁa/ | essorassions /e.sɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | essorassiez /e.sɔ.ʁa.sje/ | essorassent /e.sɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | essore /e.sɔʁ/ | — | essorons /e.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | essorez /e.sɔ.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- essor
- essorage
Further reading
- “essorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.