drosser
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch drossen, though this could instead be a reverse borrowing; both are probably ultimately from Italian trozza (“gooseneck”).
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
drosser
- (transitive, nautical) to put off course
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of drosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | drosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | drossant /dʁɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | drossé /dʁɔ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | drosse /dʁɔs/ |
drosses /dʁɔs/ |
drosse /dʁɔs/ |
drossons /dʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
drossez /dʁɔ.se/ |
drossent /dʁɔs/ |
| imperfect | drossais /dʁɔ.sɛ/ |
drossais /dʁɔ.sɛ/ |
drossait /dʁɔ.sɛ/ |
drossions /dʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
drossiez /dʁɔ.sje/ |
drossaient /dʁɔ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | drossai /dʁɔ.se/ |
drossas /dʁɔ.sa/ |
drossa /dʁɔ.sa/ |
drossâmes /dʁɔ.sam/ |
drossâtes /dʁɔ.sat/ |
drossèrent /dʁɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | drosserai /dʁɔ.sʁe/ |
drosseras /dʁɔ.sʁa/ |
drossera /dʁɔ.sʁa/ |
drosserons /dʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
drosserez /dʁɔ.sʁe/ |
drosseront /dʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | drosserais /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
drosserais /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
drosserait /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
drosserions /dʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
drosseriez /dʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
drosseraient /dʁɔ.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 | drosse /dʁɔs/ |
drosses /dʁɔs/ |
drosse /dʁɔs/ |
drossions /dʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
drossiez /dʁɔ.sje/ |
drossent /dʁɔs/ |
| imperfect2 | drossasse /dʁɔ.sas/ |
drossasses /dʁɔ.sas/ |
drossât /dʁɔ.sa/ |
drossassions /dʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
drossassiez /dʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
drossassent /dʁɔ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | drosse /dʁɔs/ |
— | drossons /dʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
drossez /dʁɔ.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “drosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.