exhausser

French

Etymology

From ex- +‎ hausser, attested as Old French exalcier by the early 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zo.se/

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• Homophones: exhaussé, exaucer, exaucé

Verb

exhausser

1. (transitive) to raise up, erect (a building)

Conjugation

Conjugation of exhausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	exhausser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	exhaussant /ɛɡ.zo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		exhaussé /ɛɡ.zo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	exhausse /ɛɡ.zos/	exhausses /ɛɡ.zos/	exhausse /ɛɡ.zos/	exhaussons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/	exhaussez /ɛɡ.zo.se/	exhaussent /ɛɡ.zos/
	imperfect	exhaussais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exhaussais /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exhaussait /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/	exhaussions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/	exhaussiez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/	exhaussaient /ɛɡ.zo.sɛ/
	past historic2	exhaussai /ɛɡ.zo.se/	exhaussas /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exhaussa /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exhaussâmes /ɛɡ.zo.sam/	exhaussâtes /ɛɡ.zo.sat/	exhaussèrent /ɛɡ.zo.sɛʁ/
	future	exhausserai /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/	exhausseras /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/	exhaussera /ɛɡ.zo.sʁa/	exhausserons /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/	exhausserez /ɛɡ.zo.sʁe/	exhausseront /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	exhausserais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exhausserais /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exhausserait /ɛɡ.zo.sʁɛ/	exhausserions /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	exhausseriez /ɛɡ.zo.sə.ʁje/	exhausseraient /ɛɡ.zo.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	exhausse /ɛɡ.zos/	exhausses /ɛɡ.zos/	exhausse /ɛɡ.zos/	exhaussions /ɛɡ.zo.sjɔ̃/	exhaussiez /ɛɡ.zo.sje/	exhaussent /ɛɡ.zos/
	imperfect2	exhaussasse /ɛɡ.zo.sas/	exhaussasses /ɛɡ.zo.sas/	exhaussât /ɛɡ.zo.sa/	exhaussassions /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sjɔ̃/	exhaussassiez /ɛɡ.zo.sa.sje/	exhaussassent /ɛɡ.zo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	exhausse /ɛɡ.zos/	—	exhaussons /ɛɡ.zo.sɔ̃/	exhaussez /ɛɡ.zo.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).

Further reading

• “exhausser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.