trépasser
See also: trepasser and trépâsser
French
Etymology
From Old French trespasser (“to traverse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁe.pa.se/
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Verb
trépasser
- (euphemistic) to cross over; to pass away (to die)
Conjugation
Conjugation of trépasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | trépasser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | trépassant /tʁe.pa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | trépassé /tʁe.pa.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ | trépasses /tʁe.pas/ | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ | trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/ | trépassez /tʁe.pa.se/ | trépassent /tʁe.pas/ |
imperfect | trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ | trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ | trépassait /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ | trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/ | trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/ | trépassaient /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | trépassai /tʁe.pa.se/ | trépassas /tʁe.pa.sa/ | trépassa /tʁe.pa.sa/ | trépassâmes /tʁe.pa.sam/ | trépassâtes /tʁe.pa.sat/ | trépassèrent /tʁe.pa.sɛʁ/ | |
future | trépasserai /tʁe.pa.sʁe/ | trépasseras /tʁe.pa.sʁa/ | trépassera /tʁe.pa.sʁa/ | trépasserons /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | trépasserez /tʁe.pa.sʁe/ | trépasseront /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ | trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ | trépasserait /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ | trépasserions /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | trépasseriez /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁje/ | trépasseraient /tʁe.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 | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ | trépasses /tʁe.pas/ | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ | trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/ | trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/ | trépassent /tʁe.pas/ |
imperfect2 | trépassasse /tʁe.pa.sas/ | trépassasses /tʁe.pa.sas/ | trépassât /tʁe.pa.sa/ | trépassassions /tʁe.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | trépassassiez /tʁe.pa.sa.sje/ | trépassassent /tʁe.pa.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ | — | trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/ | trépassez /tʁe.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). |
Further reading
- “trépasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.