terser

English

Adjective

terser

1. comparative form of terse: more terse

Anagrams

• Rester, errest, erster, rester

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.se/

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Verb

terser

1. Alternative spelling of tercer

Conjugation

Conjugation of terser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	terser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tersant /tɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tersé /tɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	terse /tɛʁs/	terses /tɛʁs/	terse /tɛʁs/	tersons /tɛʁ.sɔ̃/	tersez /tɛʁ.se/	tersent /tɛʁs/
	imperfect	tersais /tɛʁ.sɛ/	tersais /tɛʁ.sɛ/	tersait /tɛʁ.sɛ/	tersions /tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	tersiez /tɛʁ.sje/	tersaient /tɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	tersai /tɛʁ.se/	tersas /tɛʁ.sa/	tersa /tɛʁ.sa/	tersâmes /tɛʁ.sam/	tersâtes /tɛʁ.sat/	tersèrent /tɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	terserai /tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	terseras /tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	tersera /tɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	terserons /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	terserez /tɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	terseront /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	terserais /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	terserais /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	terserait /tɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	terserions /tɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	terseriez /tɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	terseraient /tɛʁ.sə.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	terse /tɛʁs/	terses /tɛʁs/	terse /tɛʁs/	tersions /tɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	tersiez /tɛʁ.sje/	tersent /tɛʁs/
	imperfect2	tersasse /tɛʁ.sas/	tersasses /tɛʁ.sas/	tersât /tɛʁ.sa/	tersassions /tɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	tersassiez /tɛʁ.sa.sje/	tersassent /tɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	terse /tɛʁs/	—	tersons /tɛʁ.sɔ̃/	tersez /tɛʁ.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).

Anagrams

• rester, stérer, terres

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

terser m

1. indefinite plural of ters

Swedish

Noun

terser

1. indefinite plural of ters

Anagrams

• rester