caresser
English
Etymology
caress + -er
Noun
caresser (plural caressers)
- One who caresses.
Translations
one who caresses
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Anagrams
- creasers
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian carezzare. Morphologically, from caresse + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁɛ.se/, /ka.ʁe.se/
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Verb
caresser
- to stroke; to caress (to move the hand over the surface of)
- to toy with
- to touch up; put the final touches on
Conjugation
Conjugation of caresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | caresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | caressant /ka.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | caressé /ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ | caresses /ka.ʁɛs/ | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ | caressons /ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | caressez /ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/ | caressent /ka.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | caressais /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ | caressais /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ | caressait /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ | caressions /ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | caressiez /ka.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sje/ | caressaient /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | caressai /ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/ | caressas /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ | caressa /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ | caressâmes /ka.ʁɛ.sam/ or /ka.ʁe.sam/ | caressâtes /ka.ʁɛ.sat/ or /ka.ʁe.sat/ | caressèrent /ka.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | caresserai /ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁe/ | caresseras /ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁa/ | caressera /ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁa/ | caresserons /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | caresserez /ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁe/ | caresseront /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caresserais /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | caresserais /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | caresserait /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | caresserions /ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | caresseriez /ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ka.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ | caresseraient /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.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 | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ | caresses /ka.ʁɛs/ | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ | caressions /ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | caressiez /ka.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sje/ | caressent /ka.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | caressasse /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/ | caressasses /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/ | caressât /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ | caressassions /ka.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | caressassiez /ka.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sa.sje/ | caressassent /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ | — | caressons /ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | caressez /ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.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
- caresser dans le sens du poil
Further reading
- “caresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.