superposer
French
Etymology
From super- + poser (after Latin superpōnere).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/
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Verb
superposer
- to superimpose, overlay
Conjugation
Conjugation of superposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | superposer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | superposant /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | superposé /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superposes /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superposons /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɔ̃/ | superposez /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/ | superposent /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ |
imperfect | superposais /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/ | superposais /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/ | superposait /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/ | superposions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zjɔ̃/ | superposiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zje/ | superposaient /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | superposai /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/ | superposas /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/ | superposa /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/ | superposâmes /sy.pɛʁ.po.zam/ | superposâtes /sy.pɛʁ.po.zat/ | superposèrent /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛʁ/ | |
future | superposerai /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁe/ | superposeras /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁa/ | superposera /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁa/ | superposerons /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | superposerez /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁe/ | superposeront /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | superposerais /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/ | superposerais /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/ | superposerait /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/ | superposerions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | superposeriez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zə.ʁje/ | superposeraient /sy.pɛʁ.poz.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 | superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superposes /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | superposions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zjɔ̃/ | superposiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zje/ | superposent /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ |
imperfect2 | superposasse /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/ | superposasses /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/ | superposât /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/ | superposassions /sy.pɛʁ.po.za.sjɔ̃/ | superposassiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.za.sje/ | superposassent /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/ | — | superposons /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɔ̃/ | superposez /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/ | — | |
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
- “superposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- oppresseur