surpasser
English
Etymology
surpass + -er
Noun
surpasser (plural surpassers)
- One who surpasses.
French
Etymology
sur- + passer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.pa.se/, /syʁ.pɑ.se/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: surpassai, surpassé, surpassée, surpassées, surpassés, surpassez
Verb
surpasser
- (transitive) to surpass, outdo
- Synonym: dépasser
Conjugation
Conjugation of surpasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | surpasser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | surpassant /syʁ.pa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | surpassé /syʁ.pa.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ | surpasses /syʁ.pas/ | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ | surpassons /syʁ.pa.sɔ̃/ | surpassez /syʁ.pa.se/ | surpassent /syʁ.pas/ |
imperfect | surpassais /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ | surpassais /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ | surpassait /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ | surpassions /syʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ | surpassiez /syʁ.pa.sje/ | surpassaient /syʁ.pa.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | surpassai /syʁ.pa.se/ | surpassas /syʁ.pa.sa/ | surpassa /syʁ.pa.sa/ | surpassâmes /syʁ.pa.sam/ | surpassâtes /syʁ.pa.sat/ | surpassèrent /syʁ.pa.sɛʁ/ | |
future | surpasserai /syʁ.pa.sʁe/ | surpasseras /syʁ.pa.sʁa/ | surpassera /syʁ.pa.sʁa/ | surpasserons /syʁ.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | surpasserez /syʁ.pa.sʁe/ | surpasseront /syʁ.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | surpasserais /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ | surpasserais /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ | surpasserait /syʁ.pa.sʁɛ/ | surpasserions /syʁ.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | surpasseriez /syʁ.pa.sə.ʁje/ | surpasseraient /syʁ.pa.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 | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ | surpasses /syʁ.pas/ | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ | surpassions /syʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ | surpassiez /syʁ.pa.sje/ | surpassent /syʁ.pas/ |
imperfect2 | surpassasse /syʁ.pa.sas/ | surpassasses /syʁ.pa.sas/ | surpassât /syʁ.pa.sa/ | surpassassions /syʁ.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | surpassassiez /syʁ.pa.sa.sje/ | surpassassent /syʁ.pa.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | surpasse /syʁ.pas/ | — | surpassons /syʁ.pa.sɔ̃/ | surpassez /syʁ.pa.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
- surpassement
Further reading
- “surpasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.