tresser

French

Etymology

From tresse (“tress, braid, plait”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛ.se/ ~ /tʁe.se/

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Verb

tresser

1. (transitive) to plait, braid

Conjugation

Conjugation of tresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tressant /tʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /tʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tressé /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tresse /tʁɛs/	tresses /tʁɛs/	tresse /tʁɛs/	tressons /tʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sɔ̃/	tressez /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/	tressent /tʁɛs/
	imperfect	tressais /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/	tressais /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/	tressait /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/	tressions /tʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sjɔ̃/	tressiez /tʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁe.sje/	tressaient /tʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	tressai /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.se/	tressas /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/	tressa /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/	tressâmes /tʁɛ.sam/ or /tʁe.sam/	tressâtes /tʁɛ.sat/ or /tʁe.sat/	tressèrent /tʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /tʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	tresserai /tʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁe.sʁe/	tresseras /tʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁe.sʁa/	tressera /tʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tʁe.sʁa/	tresserons /tʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sʁɔ̃/	tresserez /tʁɛ.sʁe/ or /tʁe.sʁe/	tresseront /tʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tresserais /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/	tresserais /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/	tresserait /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.sʁɛ/	tresserions /tʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	tresseriez /tʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /tʁe.sə.ʁje/	tresseraient /tʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tʁe.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	tresse /tʁɛs/	tresses /tʁɛs/	tresse /tʁɛs/	tressions /tʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sjɔ̃/	tressiez /tʁɛ.sje/ or /tʁe.sje/	tressent /tʁɛs/
	imperfect2	tressasse /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/	tressasses /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/	tressât /tʁɛ.sa/ or /tʁe.sa/	tressassions /tʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	tressassiez /tʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /tʁe.sa.sje/	tressassent /tʁɛ.sas/ or /tʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tresse /tʁɛs/	—	tressons /tʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sɔ̃/	tressez /tʁɛ.se/ or /tʁe.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).

Derived terms

• tressé
• tresseur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ressert

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Etymology

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Verb

tresser (gerund tress'sie)

1. (Jersey) to plait