transposer

English

Etymology

From transpose +‎ -er.

Noun

transposer (plural transposers)

1. Someone who transposes (in any sense).
2. A computer program that automatically transposes music from one key to another.

Anagrams

• transprose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/

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Verb

transposer

1. to transpose (reverse or change the order of two)

Conjugation

Conjugation of transposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	transposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	transposant /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		transposé /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transposes /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transposons /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɔ̃/	transposez /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/	transposent /tʁɑ̃s.poz/
	imperfect	transposais /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/	transposais /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/	transposait /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/	transposions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zjɔ̃/	transposiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zje/	transposaient /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/
	past historic2	transposai /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/	transposas /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/	transposa /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/	transposâmes /tʁɑ̃s.po.zam/	transposâtes /tʁɑ̃s.po.zat/	transposèrent /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛʁ/
	future	transposerai /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁe/	transposeras /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁa/	transposera /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁa/	transposerons /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɔ̃/	transposerez /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁe/	transposeront /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	transposerais /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/	transposerais /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/	transposerait /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/	transposerions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	transposeriez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zə.ʁje/	transposeraient /tʁɑ̃s.poz.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	transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transposes /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	transposions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zjɔ̃/	transposiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zje/	transposent /tʁɑ̃s.poz/
	imperfect2	transposasse /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/	transposasses /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/	transposât /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/	transposassions /tʁɑ̃s.po.za.sjɔ̃/	transposassiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.za.sje/	transposassent /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/	—	transposons /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɔ̃/	transposez /tʁɑ̃s.po.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prosternas