tresser
French
Etymology
tresse (“tress, braid, plait”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ.se/, /tʁe.se/
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Verb
tresser
- (transitive) to plait, braid
Conjugation
Conjugation of tresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tressant /tʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /tʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tressé /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tresse /tʁɛs/ | tresses /tʁɛs/ | tresse /tʁɛs/ | tressons /tʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sɔ̃/ | tressez /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/ | tressent /tʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | tressais /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/ | tressais /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/ | tressait /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/ | tressions /tʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sjɔ̃/ | tressiez /tʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁe.sje/ | tressaient /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tressai /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/ | tressas /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/ | tressa /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/ | tressâmes /tʁɛ.sam/ or /tʁe.sam/ | tressâtes /tʁɛ.sat/ or /tʁe.sat/ | tressèrent /tʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /tʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | tresserai /tʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁe.sʁe/ | tresseras /tʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁe.sʁa/ | tressera /tʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁe.sʁa/ | tresserons /tʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | tresserez /tʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁe.sʁe/ | tresseront /tʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tresserais /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/ | tresserais /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/ | tresserait /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/ | tresserions /tʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tresseriez /tʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /tʁe.sə.ʁje/ | tresseraient /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.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 | tresse /tʁɛs/ | tresses /tʁɛs/ | tresse /tʁɛs/ | tressions /tʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sjɔ̃/ | tressiez /tʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁe.sje/ | tressent /tʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | tressasse /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/ | tressasses /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/ | tressât /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/ | tressassions /tʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | tressassiez /tʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /tʁe.sa.sje/ | tressassent /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tresse /tʁɛs/ | — | tressons /tʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sɔ̃/ | tressez /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.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
- tressé
- tresseur
Further reading
- “tresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ressert
Norman
Etymology
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Verb
tresser (gerund tress'sie)
- (Jersey) to plait