housser
French
Etymology
From housse + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
housser
- (rare) to cover with a dustsheet
- (rare) to dust (with a duster)
Conjugation
Conjugation of housser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | housser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | houssant /u.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | houssé /u.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | housse /us/ | housses /us/ | housse /us/ | houssons /u.sɔ̃/ | houssez /u.se/ | houssent /us/ |
imperfect | houssais /u.sɛ/ | houssais /u.sɛ/ | houssait /u.sɛ/ | houssions /u.sjɔ̃/ | houssiez /u.sje/ | houssaient /u.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | houssai /u.se/ | houssas /u.sa/ | houssa /u.sa/ | houssâmes /u.sam/ | houssâtes /u.sat/ | houssèrent /u.sɛʁ/ | |
future | housserai /u.sʁe/ | housseras /u.sʁa/ | houssera /u.sʁa/ | housserons /u.sʁɔ̃/ | housserez /u.sʁe/ | housseront /u.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | housserais /u.sʁɛ/ | housserais /u.sʁɛ/ | housserait /u.sʁɛ/ | housserions /u.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | housseriez /u.sə.ʁje/ | housseraient /u.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 | housse /us/ | housses /us/ | housse /us/ | houssions /u.sjɔ̃/ | houssiez /u.sje/ | houssent /us/ |
imperfect2 | houssasse /u.sas/ | houssasses /u.sas/ | houssât /u.sa/ | houssassions /u.sa.sjɔ̃/ | houssassiez /u.sa.sje/ | houssassent /u.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | housse /us/ | — | houssons /u.sɔ̃/ | houssez /u.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
- houssoir
Further reading
- “housser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.