bosseler
French
Etymology
From bosse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.sle/
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Verb
bosseler
- (transitive) to emboss
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of bosseler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bosseler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bosselant /bɔ.slɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bosselé /bɔ.sle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bosselle or bossèle /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselles or bossèles /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselle or bossèle /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselons /bɔ.slɔ̃/ |
bosselez /bɔ.sle/ |
bossellent or bossèlent /bɔ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | bosselais /bɔ.slɛ/ |
bosselais /bɔ.slɛ/ |
bosselait /bɔ.slɛ/ |
bosselions /bɔ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
bosseliez /bɔ.sə.lje/ |
bosselaient /bɔ.slɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bosselai /bɔ.sle/ |
bosselas /bɔ.sla/ |
bossela /bɔ.sla/ |
bosselâmes /bɔ.slam/ |
bosselâtes /bɔ.slat/ |
bosselèrent /bɔ.slɛʁ/ | |
| future | bossellerai or bossèlerai /bɔ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
bosselleras or bossèleras /bɔ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
bossellera or bossèlera /bɔ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
bossellerons or bossèlerons /bɔ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
bossellerez or bossèlerez /bɔ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
bosselleront or bossèleront /bɔ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bossellerais or bossèlerais /bɔ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bossellerais or bossèlerais /bɔ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bossellerait or bossèlerait /bɔ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
bossellerions or bossèlerions /bɔ.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɔ.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bosselleriez or bossèleriez /bɔ.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /bɔ.se.lə.ʁje/ |
bosselleraient or bossèleraient /bɔ.sɛl.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 | bosselle or bossèle /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselles or bossèles /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselle or bossèle /bɔ.sɛl/ |
bosselions /bɔ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
bosseliez /bɔ.sə.lje/ |
bossellent or bossèlent /bɔ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | bosselasse /bɔ.slas/ |
bosselasses /bɔ.slas/ |
bosselât /bɔ.sla/ |
bosselassions /bɔ.sla.sjɔ̃/ |
bosselassiez /bɔ.sla.sje/ |
bosselassent /bɔ.slas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bosselle or bossèle /bɔ.sɛl/ |
— | bosselons /bɔ.slɔ̃/ |
bosselez /bɔ.sle/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bosseler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.