trépasser

See also: trepasser and trépâsser

French

Etymology

From Old French trespasser (“to traverse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁe.pa.se/

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Verb

trépasser

1. (euphemistic) to cross over; to pass away (to die)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trépasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	trépasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	trépassant /tʁe.pa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		trépassé /tʁe.pa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trépasse /tʁe.pas/	trépasses /tʁe.pas/	trépasse /tʁe.pas/	trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/	trépassez /tʁe.pa.se/	trépassent /tʁe.pas/
	imperfect	trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/	trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/	trépassait /tʁe.pa.sɛ/	trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/	trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/	trépassaient /tʁe.pa.sɛ/
	past historic2	trépassai /tʁe.pa.se/	trépassas /tʁe.pa.sa/	trépassa /tʁe.pa.sa/	trépassâmes /tʁe.pa.sam/	trépassâtes /tʁe.pa.sat/	trépassèrent /tʁe.pa.sɛʁ/
	future	trépasserai /tʁe.pa.sʁe/	trépasseras /tʁe.pa.sʁa/	trépassera /tʁe.pa.sʁa/	trépasserons /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/	trépasserez /tʁe.pa.sʁe/	trépasseront /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/	trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/	trépasserait /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/	trépasserions /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	trépasseriez /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁje/	trépasseraient /tʁe.pa.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	trépasse /tʁe.pas/	trépasses /tʁe.pas/	trépasse /tʁe.pas/	trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/	trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/	trépassent /tʁe.pas/
	imperfect2	trépassasse /tʁe.pa.sas/	trépassasses /tʁe.pa.sas/	trépassât /tʁe.pa.sa/	trépassassions /tʁe.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/	trépassassiez /tʁe.pa.sa.sje/	trépassassent /tʁe.pa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trépasse /tʁe.pas/	—	trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/	trépassez /tʁe.pa.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

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