classer
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
classer (plural classers)
- One who classes or classifies
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
classer (plural classers)
- (in combination) A member of a particular class
- 1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- […] although most black middle classers remain personally estranged from European "high art," theoretically they endorse it, and thus admire Marsalis's mastery of its forms.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
classer
- (transitive) to classify
- (transitive) to file
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of classer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | classer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | classant /kla.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | classé /kla.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | classe /klas/ |
classes /klas/ |
classe /klas/ |
classons /kla.sɔ̃/ |
classez /kla.se/ |
classent /klas/ |
imperfect | classais /kla.sɛ/ |
classais /kla.sɛ/ |
classait /kla.sɛ/ |
classions /kla.sjɔ̃/ |
classiez /kla.sje/ |
classaient /kla.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | classai /kla.se/ |
classas /kla.sa/ |
classa /kla.sa/ |
classâmes /kla.sam/ |
classâtes /kla.sat/ |
classèrent /kla.sɛʁ/ | |
future | classerai /kla.sʁe/ |
classeras /kla.sʁa/ |
classera /kla.sʁa/ |
classerons /kla.sʁɔ̃/ |
classerez /kla.sʁe/ |
classeront /kla.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | classerais /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerais /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerait /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerions /kla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
classeriez /kla.sə.ʁje/ |
classeraient /kla.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 | classe /klas/ |
classes /klas/ |
classe /klas/ |
classions /kla.sjɔ̃/ |
classiez /kla.sje/ |
classent /klas/ |
imperfect2 | classasse /kla.sas/ |
classasses /kla.sas/ |
classât /kla.sa/ |
classassions /kla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
classassiez /kla.sa.sje/ |
classassent /kla.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | classe /klas/ |
— | classons /kla.sɔ̃/ |
classez /kla.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
- “classer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.