resserrer
French
Etymology
re- (“again”) + serrer (“to tighten”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/, /ʁə.se.ʁe/
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Verb
resserrer
- (transitive) to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.)
- (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
- Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserait autour de son cou.
- (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
- Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
- (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
- L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | resserrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | resserrant /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | resserré /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ | resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ | resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect | resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | resserrait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ | resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/ | resserraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | resserrai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ | resserras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ | resserra /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ | resserrâmes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁam/ or /ʁə.se.ʁam/ | resserrâtes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁat/ or /ʁə.se.ʁat/ | resserrèrent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | resserrerai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ | resserreras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ | resserrera /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ | resserrerons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | resserrerez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ | resserreront /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | resserrerait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | resserrerions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | resserreriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁje/ | resserreraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.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 | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ | resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/ | resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | resserrasse /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ | resserrasses /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ | resserrât /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ | resserrassions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | resserrassiez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sje/ | resserrassent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ | — | resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ | resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.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). |
Related terms
- resserrage
- resserrement
Further reading
- “resserrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.