casser
See also: câsser
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, influenced by Late Latin cassāre (“to annul”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
casser
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of casser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | casser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cassant /ka.sɑ̃/ or /kɑ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cassé /ka.se/ or /kɑ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | casse /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
casses /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
casse /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
cassons /ka.sɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sɔ̃/ |
cassez /ka.se/ or /kɑ.se/ |
cassent /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
imperfect | cassais /ka.sɛ/ or /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassais /ka.sɛ/ or /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassait /ka.sɛ/ or /kɑ.sɛ/ |
cassions /ka.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
cassiez /ka.sje/ or /kɑ.sje/ |
cassaient /ka.sɛ/ or /kɑ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cassai /ka.se/ or /kɑ.se/ |
cassas /ka.sa/ or /kɑ.sa/ |
cassa /ka.sa/ or /kɑ.sa/ |
cassâmes /ka.sam/ or /kɑ.sam/ |
cassâtes /ka.sat/ or /kɑ.sat/ |
cassèrent /ka.sɛʁ/ or /kɑ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | casserai /ka.sʁe/ or /kɑ.sʁe/ |
casseras /ka.sʁa/ or /kɑ.sʁa/ |
cassera /ka.sʁa/ or /kɑ.sʁa/ |
casserons /ka.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sʁɔ̃/ |
casserez /ka.sʁe/ or /kɑ.sʁe/ |
casseront /ka.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | casserais /ka.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserais /ka.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserait /ka.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.sʁɛ/ |
casserions /ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
casseriez /ka.sə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.sə.ʁje/ |
casseraient /ka.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.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 | casse /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
casses /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
casse /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
cassions /ka.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
cassiez /ka.sje/ or /kɑ.sje/ |
cassent /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
imperfect2 | cassasse /ka.sas/ or /kɑ.sas/ |
cassasses /ka.sas/ or /kɑ.sas/ |
cassât /ka.sa/ or /kɑ.sa/ |
cassassions /ka.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cassassiez /ka.sa.sje/ or /kɑ.sa.sje/ |
cassassent /ka.sas/ or /kɑ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | casse /kas/ or /kɑs/ |
— | cassons /ka.sɔ̃/ or /kɑ.sɔ̃/ |
cassez /ka.se/ or /kɑ.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). |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- à tout casser
- ça passe ou ça casse
- casse
- casse-noisette
- casse-noix
- casser du sucre sur le dos de
- casser la baraque
- casser la croûte
- casser la gueule
- casser les burnes
- casser les couilles
- casser les pieds
- casser sa pipe
- gueule cassée
- j’t’ai cassé
- ne pas casser trois pattes à un canard
- on ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des œufs
- payer les pots cassés
- se casser
- se casser la nénette
- se casser le cul
- s’y casser les dents
- tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “casser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Verb edit
casser
- Alternative form of quasser
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of casser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | casser | avoir cassé | |||||
gerund | en cassant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | cassant | ||||||
past participle | cassé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | cas | casses | casse | cassons | cassez | cassent |
imperfect | cassoie, casseie, cassoe, casseve | cassoies, casseies, cassoes, casseves | cassoit, casseit, cassot, casseve | cassiiens, cassiens | cassiiez, cassiez | cassoient, casseient, cassoent, cassevent | |
preterite | cassai | cassas | cassa | cassames | cassastes | casserent | |
future | casserai | casseras | cassera | casserons | casseroiz, cassereiz, casserez | casseront | |
conditional | casseroie, cassereie | casseroies, cassereies | casseroit, cassereit | casseriiens, casseriens | casseriiez, casseriez | casseroient, cassereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | cas | cas | cast | cassons | cassez | cassent |
imperfect | cassasse | cassasses | cassast | cassissons, cassissiens | cassissoiz, cassissez, cassissiez | cassassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | casse | — | cassons | cassez | — |