offenser
French
Etymology
offense + -er, from Latin offensare, present active infinitive of offenso (“I strike against”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.fɑ̃.se/
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Verb
offenser
- to offend (to insult, to cause offence)
- to hurt (physically damage)
Conjugation
Conjugation of offenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | offenser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | offensant /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | offensé /ɔ.fɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | offense /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offenses /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offense /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offensons /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | offensez /ɔ.fɑ̃.se/ | offensent /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | offensais /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɛ/ | offensais /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɛ/ | offensait /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɛ/ | offensions /ɔ.fɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | offensiez /ɔ.fɑ̃.sje/ | offensaient /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | offensai /ɔ.fɑ̃.se/ | offensas /ɔ.fɑ̃.sa/ | offensa /ɔ.fɑ̃.sa/ | offensâmes /ɔ.fɑ̃.sam/ | offensâtes /ɔ.fɑ̃.sat/ | offensèrent /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | offenserai /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁe/ | offenseras /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁa/ | offensera /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁa/ | offenserons /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | offenserez /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁe/ | offenseront /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | offenserais /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | offenserais /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | offenserait /ɔ.fɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | offenserions /ɔ.fɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | offenseriez /ɔ.fɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | offenseraient /ɔ.fɑ̃.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 | offense /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offenses /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offense /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | offensions /ɔ.fɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | offensiez /ɔ.fɑ̃.sje/ | offensent /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | offensasse /ɔ.fɑ̃.sas/ | offensasses /ɔ.fɑ̃.sas/ | offensât /ɔ.fɑ̃.sa/ | offensassions /ɔ.fɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | offensassiez /ɔ.fɑ̃.sa.sje/ | offensassent /ɔ.fɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | offense /ɔ.fɑ̃s/ | — | offensons /ɔ.fɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | offensez /ɔ.fɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- offensif
Descendants
- → Romanian: ofensa
Further reading
- “offenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
offēnser
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of offēnsō