traverser
English
Etymology
traverse + -er
Noun
traverser (plural traversers)
- One who, or that which, traverses or moves, such as an index on a scale.
- (law) One who traverses, or denies.
- (rail transport) A traverse table.
- 1961 March, ""Dalmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:
- Before I left Paris I had the chance to visit La Chapelle depot. I was fascinated by the place. Basically, the steam depot is divided into two halves, the repair side and the steam side, with a traverser in between.
- 2019 October, “Trackwatch: Wales”, in Modern Railways, page 90:
- The outside sidings and test areas are rail-connected at the western end to the Down Service line, whilst the test area and assembly area are connected via a traverser at the eastern end of the site.
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References
- “traverser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for traverser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/
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Verb
traverser
- to cross, to go across
Conjugation
Conjugation of traverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | traverser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | traversant /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | traversé /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | traverse /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traverses /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traverse /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traversons /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | traversez /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/ | traversent /tʁa.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | traversais /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | traversais /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | traversait /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | traversions /tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | traversiez /tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/ | traversaient /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | traversai /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/ | traversas /tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/ | traversa /tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/ | traversâmes /tʁa.vɛʁ.sam/ | traversâtes /tʁa.vɛʁ.sat/ | traversèrent /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | traverserai /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | traverseras /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | traversera /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | traverserons /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | traverserez /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | traverseront /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | traverserais /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | traverserais /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | traverserait /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | traverserions /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | traverseriez /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ | traverseraient /tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.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 | traverse /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traverses /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traverse /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | traversions /tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | traversiez /tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/ | traversent /tʁa.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | traversasse /tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/ | traversasses /tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/ | traversât /tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/ | traversassions /tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | traversassiez /tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ | traversassent /tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | traverse /tʁa.vɛʁs/ | — | traversons /tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | traversez /tʁa.vɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- traversable
- traversée
- traverser l'esprit
- traversier
Related terms
- travers
Further reading
- “traverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
traverser
- to traverse; to cross; to go across
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of traverser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | traverser | avoir traversé | |||||
| gerund | en traversant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | traversant | ||||||
| past participle | traversé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | travers | traverses | traverse | traversons | traversez | traversent |
| imperfect | traversoie, traverseie, traversoe, traverseve | traversoies, traverseies, traversoes, traverseves | traversoit, traverseit, traversot, traverseve | traversiiens, traversiens | traversiiez, traversiez | traversoient, traverseient, traversoent, traversevent | |
| preterite | traversai | traversas | traversa | traversames | traversastes | traverserent | |
| future | traverserai | traverseras | traversera | traverserons | traverseroiz, traversereiz, traverserez | traverseront | |
| conditional | traverseroie, traversereie | traverseroies, traversereies | traverseroit, traversereit | traverseriiens, traverseriens | traverseriiez, traverseriez | traverseroient, traversereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | travers | travers | traverst | traversons | traversez | traversent |
| imperfect | traversasse | traversasses | traversast | traversissons, traversissiens | traversissoiz, traversissez, traversissiez | traversassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | traverse | — | traversons | traversez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: traverse
- French: traverser
References
- traverser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub