régresser

French

Etymology

Back-formation from régression, on the model of progresser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/

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Verb

régresser

1. (intransitive) to regress

Conjugation

Conjugation of régresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	régresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	régressant /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		régressé /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	régresse /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régresses /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régresse /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régressons /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	régressez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/	régressent /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect	régressais /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɛ/	régressais /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɛ/	régressait /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɛ/	régressions /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	régressiez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sje/	régressaient /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	régressai /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.se/	régressas /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sa/	régressa /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sa/	régressâmes /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sam/	régressâtes /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sat/	régressèrent /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	régresserai /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁe/	régresseras /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁa/	régressera /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁa/	régresserons /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/	régresserez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁe/	régresseront /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	régresserais /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	régresserais /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	régresserait /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	régresserions /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	régresseriez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/	régresseraient /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.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	régresse /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régresses /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régresse /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	régressions /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	régressiez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sje/	régressent /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect2	régressasse /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sas/	régressasses /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sas/	régressât /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sa/	régressassions /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	régressassiez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sa.sje/	régressassent /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	régresse /ʁe.ɡʁɛs/	—	régressons /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	régressez /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ʁe.ɡʁe.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

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