tresser
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tresse (“tress, braid, plait”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tresser
- (transitive) to plait, braid
Conjugation[edit]
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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology[edit]
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Verb[edit]
tresser (gerund tress'sie)