paresser

French

Etymology

From earlier perecer, from Old French peresce (“laziness”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

paresser

1. (intransitive) to laze about; loaf

Conjugation

Conjugation of paresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	paresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	paressant /pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		paressé /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	paresse /pa.ʁɛs/	paresses /pa.ʁɛs/	paresse /pa.ʁɛs/	paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/	paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/	paressent /pa.ʁɛs/
	imperfect	paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/	paressais /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/	paressait /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/	paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/	paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/	paressaient /pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	paressai /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/	paressas /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/	paressa /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/	paressâmes /pa.ʁɛ.sam/ or /pa.ʁe.sam/	paressâtes /pa.ʁɛ.sat/ or /pa.ʁe.sat/	paressèrent /pa.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	paresserai /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/	paresseras /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/	paressera /pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/	paresserons /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/	paresserez /pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/	paresseront /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/	paresserais /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/	paresserait /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/	paresserions /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	paresseriez /pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁje/	paresseraient /pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.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	paresse /pa.ʁɛs/	paresses /pa.ʁɛs/	paresse /pa.ʁɛs/	paressions /pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/	paressiez /pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/	paressent /pa.ʁɛs/
	imperfect2	paressasse /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/	paressasses /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/	paressât /pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/	paressassions /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	paressassiez /pa.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sje/	paressassent /pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	paresse /pa.ʁɛs/	—	paressons /pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/	paressez /pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.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

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