mesurer
French
Etymology
From Old French mesurer, from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, present active infinitive of mēnsūrō, from Latin mēnsūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mə.zy.ʁe/
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Verb
mesurer
- (intransitive) to measure
- Il mesure 1,81 mètres
- He measures 1.81 metres
- (transitive) to measure
Conjugation
Conjugation of mesurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mesurer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mesurant /mə.zy.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mesuré /mə.zy.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mesure /mə.zyʁ/ | mesures /mə.zyʁ/ | mesure /mə.zyʁ/ | mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/ | mesurez /mə.zy.ʁe/ | mesurent /mə.zyʁ/ |
| imperfect | mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/ | mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/ | mesurait /mə.zy.ʁɛ/ | mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/ | mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/ | mesuraient /mə.zy.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mesurai /mə.zy.ʁe/ | mesuras /mə.zy.ʁa/ | mesura /mə.zy.ʁa/ | mesurâmes /mə.zy.ʁam/ | mesurâtes /mə.zy.ʁat/ | mesurèrent /mə.zy.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | mesurerai /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/ | mesureras /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/ | mesurera /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/ | mesurerons /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | mesurerez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/ | mesureront /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | mesurerait /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | mesurerions /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | mesureriez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁje/ | mesureraient /mə.zy.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 | mesure /mə.zyʁ/ | mesures /mə.zyʁ/ | mesure /mə.zyʁ/ | mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/ | mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/ | mesurent /mə.zyʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | mesurasse /mə.zy.ʁas/ | mesurasses /mə.zy.ʁas/ | mesurât /mə.zy.ʁa/ | mesurassions /mə.zy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | mesurassiez /mə.zy.ʁa.sje/ | mesurassent /mə.zy.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mesure /mə.zyʁ/ | — | mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/ | mesurez /mə.zy.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- automesurer
Related terms
- mesure
Further reading
- “mesurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- résumer