fricasser
French
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *frīgicō, frequentative of Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), or perhaps a blend of frire (“to fry”) + casser (“to break”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁi.ka.se/
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Verb
fricasser
- to fricassee
- to partake in debauchery
Conjugation
Conjugation of fricasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | fricasser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | fricassant /fʁi.ka.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fricassé /fʁi.ka.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ | fricasses /fʁi.kas/ | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ | fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/ | fricassez /fʁi.ka.se/ | fricassent /fʁi.kas/ |
imperfect | fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ | fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ | fricassait /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ | fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ | fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/ | fricassaient /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | fricassai /fʁi.ka.se/ | fricassas /fʁi.ka.sa/ | fricassa /fʁi.ka.sa/ | fricassâmes /fʁi.ka.sam/ | fricassâtes /fʁi.ka.sat/ | fricassèrent /fʁi.ka.sɛʁ/ | |
future | fricasserai /fʁi.ka.sʁe/ | fricasseras /fʁi.ka.sʁa/ | fricassera /fʁi.ka.sʁa/ | fricasserons /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/ | fricasserez /fʁi.ka.sʁe/ | fricasseront /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ | fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ | fricasserait /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ | fricasserions /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | fricasseriez /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁje/ | fricasseraient /fʁi.ka.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 | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ | fricasses /fʁi.kas/ | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ | fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ | fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/ | fricassent /fʁi.kas/ |
imperfect2 | fricassasse /fʁi.ka.sas/ | fricassasses /fʁi.ka.sas/ | fricassât /fʁi.ka.sa/ | fricassassions /fʁi.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/ | fricassassiez /fʁi.ka.sa.sje/ | fricassassent /fʁi.ka.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ | — | fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/ | fricassez /fʁi.ka.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
- fricassée
- fricasseur
References
- Dauzat, Albert; Dubois, Jean; Mitterand, Henri (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique et historique, Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading
- “fricasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.