oppresser
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oppressus + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/, /ɔ.pʁe.se/
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Verb
oppresser
- (transitive) to oppress
- (transitive) to squeeze so as to prevent breathing
Conjugation
Conjugation of oppresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | oppresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | oppressant /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | oppressé /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/ | oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ | oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ | oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ | oppressait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ | oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ | oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/ | oppressaient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | oppressai /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ | oppressas /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ | oppressa /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ | oppressâmes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sam/ | oppressâtes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sat/ | oppressèrent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | oppresserai /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/ | oppresseras /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/ | oppressera /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/ | oppresserons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | oppresserez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/ | oppresseront /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | oppresserait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | oppresserions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | oppresseriez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁje/ | oppresseraient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.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 | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ | oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/ | oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | oppressasse /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ | oppressasses /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ | oppressât /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ | oppressassions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | oppressassiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sje/ | oppressassent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ | — | oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/ | oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “oppresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.