desserrer
French edit
Etymology edit
From dé- (“undo”) + serrer (“to tighten”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
desserrer
- (transitive) to loosen (knot, belt, etc.)
- Tu devrais desserrer ta cravate si tu ne te sens pas bien.
- You should loosen your tie if you don't feel well.
- (transitive) to unclench (teeth); relax (grip); release (brakes)
- Desserre ta main de mon bras, tu me fais mal !
- Stop squeezing my arm, you're hurting me!
- Tu n’iras pas loin si tu ne desserres pas le frein à main.
- You won't get very far if you don't take the handbrake off.
- (transitive, typography) to space out
- (transitive, economics) to ease, relax
- (reflexive) to come loose; to slacken
- Le nœud était mal fait et la corde s’est desserrée.
- The knot was badly tied and the rope has come loose.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of desserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | desserrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | desserrant /de.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /de.se.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | desserré /de.sɛ.ʁe/ or /de.se.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserres /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserrons /de.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrez /de.sɛ.ʁe/ or /de.se.ʁe/ |
desserrent /de.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | desserrais /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁɛ/ |
desserrais /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁɛ/ |
desserrait /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁɛ/ |
desserrions /de.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserriez /de.sɛ.ʁje/ or /de.se.ʁje/ |
desserraient /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | desserrai /de.sɛ.ʁe/ or /de.se.ʁe/ |
desserras /de.sɛ.ʁa/ or /de.se.ʁa/ |
desserra /de.sɛ.ʁa/ or /de.se.ʁa/ |
desserrâmes /de.sɛ.ʁam/ or /de.se.ʁam/ |
desserrâtes /de.sɛ.ʁat/ or /de.se.ʁat/ |
desserrèrent /de.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /de.se.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | desserrerai /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
desserreras /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
desserrera /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
desserrerons /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrerez /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
desserreront /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | desserrerais /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerais /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerait /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerions /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserreriez /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /de.se.ʁə.ʁje/ |
desserreraient /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /de.se.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 | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserres /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserrions /de.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserriez /de.sɛ.ʁje/ or /de.se.ʁje/ |
desserrent /de.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | desserrasse /de.sɛ.ʁas/ or /de.se.ʁas/ |
desserrasses /de.sɛ.ʁas/ or /de.se.ʁas/ |
desserrât /de.sɛ.ʁa/ or /de.se.ʁa/ |
desserrassions /de.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
desserrassiez /de.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /de.se.ʁa.sje/ |
desserrassent /de.sɛ.ʁas/ or /de.se.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
— | desserrons /de.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrez /de.sɛ.ʁe/ or /de.se.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “desserrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.