chausser
French
Etymology
From Old French chaucier, inherited from Latin calceāre, present active infinitive of calceō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.se/
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Verb
chausser
- (transitive) to put footwear (on someone)
- (transitive) to shoe (a horse)
- (reflexive) to put on footwear
- (intransitive) to have a certain shoe size
- Tu chausses du combien ? ― What size shoes do you wear?
- (transitive) to mulch (a tree)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chausser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chaussant /ʃo.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chaussé /ʃo.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | chausse /ʃos/ | chausses /ʃos/ | chausse /ʃos/ | chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/ | chaussez /ʃo.se/ | chaussent /ʃos/ |
| imperfect | chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/ | chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/ | chaussait /ʃo.sɛ/ | chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/ | chaussiez /ʃo.sje/ | chaussaient /ʃo.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chaussai /ʃo.se/ | chaussas /ʃo.sa/ | chaussa /ʃo.sa/ | chaussâmes /ʃo.sam/ | chaussâtes /ʃo.sat/ | chaussèrent /ʃo.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | chausserai /ʃo.sʁe/ | chausseras /ʃo.sʁa/ | chaussera /ʃo.sʁa/ | chausserons /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/ | chausserez /ʃo.sʁe/ | chausseront /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/ | chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/ | chausserait /ʃo.sʁɛ/ | chausserions /ʃo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | chausseriez /ʃo.sə.ʁje/ | chausseraient /ʃo.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 | chausse /ʃos/ | chausses /ʃos/ | chausse /ʃos/ | chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/ | chaussiez /ʃo.sje/ | chaussent /ʃos/ |
| imperfect2 | chaussasse /ʃo.sas/ | chaussasses /ʃo.sas/ | chaussât /ʃo.sa/ | chaussassions /ʃo.sa.sjɔ̃/ | chaussassiez /ʃo.sa.sje/ | chaussassent /ʃo.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chausse /ʃos/ | — | chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/ | chaussez /ʃo.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
- chausson
- chaussure
- enchausser
- les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés
Related terms
- chausse / chausses
- chaussette
- chaussier
- déchausser
Further reading
- “chausser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- chasseur
- ruchasse