tapisser
French
Etymology
From tapis + -er, the s is doubled to keep the /s/ sound intact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.pi.se/
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Verb
tapisser
- to carpet (cover with carpet)
- (by extension) to decorate
- (by extension) to cover; to overlay
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tapisser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tapissant /ta.pi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tapissé /ta.pi.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tapisse /ta.pis/ | tapisses /ta.pis/ | tapisse /ta.pis/ | tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/ | tapissez /ta.pi.se/ | tapissent /ta.pis/ |
imperfect | tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/ | tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/ | tapissait /ta.pi.sɛ/ | tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ | tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ | tapissaient /ta.pi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tapissai /ta.pi.se/ | tapissas /ta.pi.sa/ | tapissa /ta.pi.sa/ | tapissâmes /ta.pi.sam/ | tapissâtes /ta.pi.sat/ | tapissèrent /ta.pi.sɛʁ/ | |
future | tapisserai /ta.pi.sʁe/ | tapisseras /ta.pi.sʁa/ | tapissera /ta.pi.sʁa/ | tapisserons /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/ | tapisserez /ta.pi.sʁe/ | tapisseront /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ | tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ | tapisserait /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ | tapisserions /ta.pi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tapisseriez /ta.pi.sə.ʁje/ | tapisseraient /ta.pi.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 | tapisse /ta.pis/ | tapisses /ta.pis/ | tapisse /ta.pis/ | tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ | tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ | tapissent /ta.pis/ |
imperfect2 | tapissasse /ta.pi.sas/ | tapissasses /ta.pi.sas/ | tapissât /ta.pi.sa/ | tapissassions /ta.pi.sa.sjɔ̃/ | tapissassiez /ta.pi.sa.sje/ | tapissassent /ta.pi.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tapisse /ta.pis/ | — | tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/ | tapissez /ta.pi.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
- “tapisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- partisse, pisteras, pressait