amasser
English
Etymology
amass + -er.
Noun
amasser (plural amassers)
- One who amasses.
- 1677, John Webster, The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, London, Chapter 4, p. 59,
- [He] was a man of prodigious pride and vain-glory, which led him […] into no small errours, being a great Amasser of strange and incredible stories, led to relate them by his meer ambition of hunting after fame and the reputation of an universal Scholar.
- 1821, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, London: John Warren, Essay 11, “On Thought and Action,” p. 260,
- The amassers of fortunes seem divided into two opposite classes, lean, penurious-looking mortals, or jolly fellows who are determined to get possession of, because they want to enjoy the good things of the world.
- 1941, Cole Porter, “Pets,” lyrics written for the Broadway musical Let’s Face It! cited in Robert Kimball (ed.), The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter, New York: Da Capo, 1992, p. 309,
- Some folks collect paintings,
- Some folks collect stamps,
- Some are amassers
- Of antimacassars
- And other Victorian camps.
- 1944, George Weller, Bases Overseas, excerpt published in Anthony Weller (ed.), Weller’s War, New York: Crown, 2009, p. 488,
- The first act of the Japanese army on arriving at a new island is to go fishing and start a garden. The first act of the Americans is to buy something from the natives. The American is an amasser.
- 2014, Judith Donath, The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Chapter 11, p. 280,
- Marketers […] are among the most voracious amassers of information about what people do and say online.
- 1677, John Webster, The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, London, Chapter 4, p. 59,
Synonyms
- accumulator
- collector
Translations
one who amasses
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Anagrams
- samares
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma.se/, /a.mɑ.se/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: amassai, amassé, amassée, amassées, amassés, amassez
Verb
amasser
- to amass; to gather up
Conjugation
Conjugation of amasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amassant /a.ma.sɑ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amassé /a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | amasse /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amasses /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amasse /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amassons /a.ma.sɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɔ̃/ | amassez /a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ | amassent /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ |
| imperfect | amassais /a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ | amassais /a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ | amassait /a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ | amassions /a.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sjɔ̃/ | amassiez /a.ma.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sje/ | amassaient /a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amassai /a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ | amassas /a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ | amassa /a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ | amassâmes /a.ma.sam/ or /a.mɑ.sam/ | amassâtes /a.ma.sat/ or /a.mɑ.sat/ | amassèrent /a.ma.sɛʁ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | amasserai /a.ma.sʁe/ or /a.mɑ.sʁe/ | amasseras /a.ma.sʁa/ or /a.mɑ.sʁa/ | amassera /a.ma.sʁa/ or /a.mɑ.sʁa/ | amasserons /a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | amasserez /a.ma.sʁe/ or /a.mɑ.sʁe/ | amasseront /a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amasserais /a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ | amasserais /a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ | amasserait /a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ | amasserions /a.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | amasseriez /a.ma.sə.ʁje/ or /a.mɑ.sə.ʁje/ | amasseraient /a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.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 | amasse /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amasses /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amasse /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | amassions /a.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sjɔ̃/ | amassiez /a.ma.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sje/ | amassent /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ |
| imperfect2 | amassasse /a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/ | amassasses /a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/ | amassât /a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ | amassassions /a.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | amassassiez /a.ma.sa.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sa.sje/ | amassassent /a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amasse /a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ | — | amassons /a.ma.sɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɔ̃/ | amassez /a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.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
- pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
Related terms
- ramasser
Further reading
- “amasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- armasse
- massera
- ramasse, ramassé
- rasâmes
Old French
Verb
amasser
- to collect up; to get together
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of amasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | amasser | avoir amassé | |||||
| gerund | en amassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | amassant | ||||||
| past participle | amassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | amas | amasses | amasse | amassons | amassez | amassent |
| imperfect | amassoie, amasseie, amassoe, amasseve | amassoies, amasseies, amassoes, amasseves | amassoit, amasseit, amassot, amasseve | amassiiens, amassiens | amassiiez, amassiez | amassoient, amasseient, amassoent, amassevent | |
| preterite | amassai | amassas | amassa | amassames | amassastes | amasserent | |
| future | amasserai | amasseras | amassera | amasserons | amasseroiz, amassereiz, amasserez | amasseront | |
| conditional | amasseroie, amassereie | amasseroies, amassereies | amasseroit, amassereit | amasseriiens, amasseriens | amasseriiez, amasseriez | amasseroient, amassereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | amas | amas | amast | amassons | amassez | amassent |
| imperfect | amassasse | amassasses | amassast | amassissons, amassissiens | amassissoiz, amassissez, amassissiez | amassassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | amasse | — | amassons | amassez | — | ||
Synonyms
- asambler
Descendants
- French: amasser