soupeser

French

Etymology

From sous- +‎ peser.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sup.ze/, /su.pə.ze/
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Verb

soupeser

to heft, feel the weight of
(figuratively) to weigh up (options etc.)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il soupèse and the third-person singular future indicative il soupèsera.

Conjugation of soupeser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	soupeser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	soupesant /sup.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		soupesé /sup.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soupèse /su.pɛz/	soupèses /su.pɛz/	soupèse /su.pɛz/	soupesons /sup.zɔ̃/	soupesez /sup.ze/	soupèsent /su.pɛz/
	imperfect	soupesais /sup.zɛ/	soupesais /sup.zɛ/	soupesait /sup.zɛ/	soupesions /su.pə.zjɔ̃/	soupesiez /su.pə.zje/	soupesaient /sup.zɛ/
	past historic²	soupesai /sup.ze/	soupesas /sup.za/	soupesa /sup.za/	soupesâmes /sup.zam/	soupesâtes /sup.zat/	soupesèrent /sup.zɛʁ/
	future	soupèserai /su.pɛz.ʁe/	soupèseras /su.pɛz.ʁa/	soupèsera /su.pɛz.ʁa/	soupèserons /su.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/	soupèserez /su.pɛz.ʁe/	soupèseront /su.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soupèserais /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/	soupèserais /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/	soupèserait /su.pɛz.ʁɛ/	soupèserions /su.pɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.pe.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	soupèseriez /su.pɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /su.pe.zə.ʁje/	soupèseraient /su.pɛz.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	soupèse /su.pɛz/	soupèses /su.pɛz/	soupèse /su.pɛz/	soupesions /su.pə.zjɔ̃/	soupesiez /su.pə.zje/	soupèsent /su.pɛz/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	soupesasse /sup.zas/	soupesasses /sup.zas/	soupesât /sup.za/	soupesassions /sup.za.sjɔ̃/	soupesassiez /sup.za.sje/	soupesassent /sup.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	soupèse /su.pɛz/	—	soupesons /sup.zɔ̃/	soupesez /sup.ze/	—
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).