mesurer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mesurer, from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, from Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.zy.ʁe/

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Verb

mesurer

1. (intransitive) to measure

   Il mesure 1,81 mètres

   He measures 1.81 metres

2. (transitive) to measure

Conjugation

Conjugation of mesurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mesurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mesurant /mə.zy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mesuré /mə.zy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesures /mə.zyʁ/	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/	mesurez /mə.zy.ʁe/	mesurent /mə.zyʁ/
	imperfect	mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurait /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/	mesuraient /mə.zy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	mesurai /mə.zy.ʁe/	mesuras /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesura /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesurâmes /mə.zy.ʁam/	mesurâtes /mə.zy.ʁat/	mesurèrent /mə.zy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	mesurerai /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	mesureras /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	mesurera /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	mesurerons /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	mesurerez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	mesureront /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerait /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerions /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	mesureriez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁje/	mesureraient /mə.zy.ʁə.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	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesures /mə.zyʁ/	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/	mesurent /mə.zyʁ/
	imperfect2	mesurasse /mə.zy.ʁas/	mesurasses /mə.zy.ʁas/	mesurât /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesurassions /mə.zy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	mesurassiez /mə.zy.ʁa.sje/	mesurassent /mə.zy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	—	mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/	mesurez /mə.zy.ʁe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• automesurer

Related terms

• mesure

Further reading

• “mesurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• résumer