apposer
English
Etymology
Noun
apposer (plural apposers)
- An asker; someone who poses questions.
- (historical) In the English Exchequer of Pleas, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
References
- “apposer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From a- + poser, with senses based on Latin appōnere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.po.ze/
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Verb
apposer
Conjugation
Conjugation of apposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | apposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | apposant /a.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | apposé /a.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | appose /a.poz/ |
apposes /a.poz/ |
appose /a.poz/ |
apposons /a.po.zɔ̃/ |
apposez /a.po.ze/ |
apposent /a.poz/ |
| imperfect | apposais /a.po.zɛ/ |
apposais /a.po.zɛ/ |
apposait /a.po.zɛ/ |
apposions /a.po.zjɔ̃/ |
apposiez /a.po.zje/ |
apposaient /a.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | apposai /a.po.ze/ |
apposas /a.po.za/ |
apposa /a.po.za/ |
apposâmes /a.po.zam/ |
apposâtes /a.po.zat/ |
apposèrent /a.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | apposerai /a.poz.ʁe/ |
apposeras /a.poz.ʁa/ |
apposera /a.poz.ʁa/ |
apposerons /a.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
apposerez /a.poz.ʁe/ |
apposeront /a.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | apposerais /a.poz.ʁɛ/ |
apposerais /a.poz.ʁɛ/ |
apposerait /a.poz.ʁɛ/ |
apposerions /a.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apposeriez /a.po.zə.ʁje/ |
apposeraient /a.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 | appose /a.poz/ |
apposes /a.poz/ |
appose /a.poz/ |
apposions /a.po.zjɔ̃/ |
apposiez /a.po.zje/ |
apposent /a.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | apposasse /a.po.zas/ |
apposasses /a.po.zas/ |
apposât /a.po.za/ |
apposassions /a.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
apposassiez /a.po.za.sje/ |
apposassent /a.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | appose /a.poz/ |
— | apposons /a.po.zɔ̃/ |
apposez /a.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “apposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.