collapser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

collapser

1. to collapse

Usage notes

• Used especially in the fields of mathematics and quantum physics

Conjugation

Conjugation of collapser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	collapser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	collapsant /kɔ.lap.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		collapsé /kɔ.lap.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	collapse /kɔ.laps/	collapses /kɔ.laps/	collapse /kɔ.laps/	collapsons /kɔ.lap.sɔ̃/	collapsez /kɔ.lap.se/	collapsent /kɔ.laps/
	imperfect	collapsais /kɔ.lap.sɛ/	collapsais /kɔ.lap.sɛ/	collapsait /kɔ.lap.sɛ/	collapsions /kɔ.lap.sjɔ̃/	collapsiez /kɔ.lap.sje/	collapsaient /kɔ.lap.sɛ/
	past historic2	collapsai /kɔ.lap.se/	collapsas /kɔ.lap.sa/	collapsa /kɔ.lap.sa/	collapsâmes /kɔ.lap.sam/	collapsâtes /kɔ.lap.sat/	collapsèrent /kɔ.lap.sɛʁ/
	future	collapserai /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁe/	collapseras /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁa/	collapsera /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁa/	collapserons /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɔ̃/	collapserez /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁe/	collapseront /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	collapserais /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/	collapserais /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/	collapserait /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/	collapserions /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	collapseriez /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁje/	collapseraient /kɔ.lap.sə.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	collapse /kɔ.laps/	collapses /kɔ.laps/	collapse /kɔ.laps/	collapsions /kɔ.lap.sjɔ̃/	collapsiez /kɔ.lap.sje/	collapsent /kɔ.laps/
	imperfect2	collapsasse /kɔ.lap.sas/	collapsasses /kɔ.lap.sas/	collapsât /kɔ.lap.sa/	collapsassions /kɔ.lap.sa.sjɔ̃/	collapsassiez /kɔ.lap.sa.sje/	collapsassent /kɔ.lap.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	collapse /kɔ.laps/	—	collapsons /kɔ.lap.sɔ̃/	collapsez /kɔ.lap.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).