caser
See also: càser
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Yiddish כּתר (keser, “crown”), from Hebrew כֶּתֶר (keter)
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
caser (plural casers)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
caser
- to fit
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) to settle down
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of caser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | caser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | casant /ka.zɑ̃/ or /kɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | casé /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/ |
casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ |
casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
| imperfect | casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ |
casais /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ |
casait /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ |
casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/ |
casaient /ka.zɛ/ or /kɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | casai /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ |
casas /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ |
casa /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ |
casâmes /ka.zam/ or /kɑ.zam/ |
casâtes /ka.zat/ or /kɑ.zat/ |
casèrent /ka.zɛʁ/ or /kɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | caserai /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/ |
caseras /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/ |
casera /kaz.ʁa/ or /kɑz.ʁa/ |
caserons /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/ |
caserez /kaz.ʁe/ or /kɑz.ʁe/ |
caseront /kaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ |
caserais /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ |
caserait /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.ʁɛ/ |
caserions /ka.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caseriez /ka.zə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.zə.ʁje/ |
caseraient /kaz.ʁɛ/ or /kɑz.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 | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
cases /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
casions /ka.zjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
casiez /ka.zje/ or /kɑ.zje/ |
casent /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | casasse /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ |
casasses /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ |
casât /ka.za/ or /kɑ.za/ |
casassions /ka.za.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ |
casassiez /ka.za.sje/ or /kɑ.za.sje/ |
casassent /ka.zas/ or /kɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | case /kaz/ or /kɑz/ |
— | casons /ka.zɔ̃/ or /kɑ.zɔ̃/ |
casez /ka.ze/ or /kɑ.ze/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “caser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
caser
- (Early Scots) Alternative form of casere
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caser m or n
- indefinite plural of case
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Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Latin Caesar. The original, older spelling of cāsere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cāser m
- Alternative form of cāsere