gausser
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
gausser
- (reflexive, se gausser, ~ de) to openly mock, to scorn, to criticize harshly
Conjugation
Conjugation of gausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gausser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gaussant /ɡo.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gaussé /ɡo.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gausse /ɡos/ | gausses /ɡos/ | gausse /ɡos/ | gaussons /ɡo.sɔ̃/ | gaussez /ɡo.se/ | gaussent /ɡos/ |
| imperfect | gaussais /ɡo.sɛ/ | gaussais /ɡo.sɛ/ | gaussait /ɡo.sɛ/ | gaussions /ɡo.sjɔ̃/ | gaussiez /ɡo.sje/ | gaussaient /ɡo.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gaussai /ɡo.se/ | gaussas /ɡo.sa/ | gaussa /ɡo.sa/ | gaussâmes /ɡo.sam/ | gaussâtes /ɡo.sat/ | gaussèrent /ɡo.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | gausserai /ɡo.sʁe/ | gausseras /ɡo.sʁa/ | gaussera /ɡo.sʁa/ | gausserons /ɡo.sʁɔ̃/ | gausserez /ɡo.sʁe/ | gausseront /ɡo.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gausserais /ɡo.sʁɛ/ | gausserais /ɡo.sʁɛ/ | gausserait /ɡo.sʁɛ/ | gausserions /ɡo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gausseriez /ɡo.sə.ʁje/ | gausseraient /ɡo.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 | gausse /ɡos/ | gausses /ɡos/ | gausse /ɡos/ | gaussions /ɡo.sjɔ̃/ | gaussiez /ɡo.sje/ | gaussent /ɡos/ |
| imperfect2 | gaussasse /ɡo.sas/ | gaussasses /ɡo.sas/ | gaussât /ɡo.sa/ | gaussassions /ɡo.sa.sjɔ̃/ | gaussassiez /ɡo.sa.sje/ | gaussassent /ɡo.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gausse /ɡos/ | — | gaussons /ɡo.sɔ̃/ | gaussez /ɡo.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
- gausserie
- gausseur
Further reading
- “gausser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.