transgresser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/, /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.se/

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Verb

transgresser

1. to transgress, infringe (a rule)

Conjugation

Conjugation of transgresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	transgresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	transgressant /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		transgressé /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transgresse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgresses /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgresse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgressons /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	transgressez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.se/	transgressent /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect	transgressais /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɛ/	transgressais /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɛ/	transgressait /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɛ/	transgressions /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	transgressiez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sje/	transgressaient /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	transgressai /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.se/	transgressas /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sa/	transgressa /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sa/	transgressâmes /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sam/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sam/	transgressâtes /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sat/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sat/	transgressèrent /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	transgresserai /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁe/	transgresseras /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁa/	transgressera /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁa/	transgresserons /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/	transgresserez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁe/	transgresseront /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	transgresserais /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	transgresserais /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	transgresserait /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	transgresserions /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	transgresseriez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/	transgresseraient /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁɑ̃z.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	transgresse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgresses /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgresse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	transgressions /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	transgressiez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sje/	transgressent /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect2	transgressasse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sas/	transgressasses /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sas/	transgressât /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sa/	transgressassions /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	transgressassiez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sa.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sa.sje/	transgressassent /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transgresse /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛs/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛs/	—	transgressons /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	transgressez /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃s.ɡʁe.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /tʁɑ̃z.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

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