brosser
Dutch
Etymology
From brossen (“to ditch class”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.sər/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bros‧ser
- Rhymes: -ɔsər
Noun
brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)
- (Belgium, informal) a truant, who skips class
- Synonym: spijbelaar
French
Etymology
From brosse (“a brush”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɔ.se/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
brosser
- (transitive) to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush)
- (transitive) to whip, to beat (to defeat)
- (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class
Conjugation
Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | brosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brossant /bʁɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brossé /bʁɔ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brosses /bʁɔs/ |
brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brossons /bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
brossez /bʁɔ.se/ |
brossent /bʁɔs/ |
| imperfect | brossais /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossais /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossait /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossions /bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
brossiez /bʁɔ.sje/ |
brossaient /bʁɔ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brossai /bʁɔ.se/ |
brossas /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossa /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossâmes /bʁɔ.sam/ |
brossâtes /bʁɔ.sat/ |
brossèrent /bʁɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | brosserai /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseras /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brossera /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brosserons /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
brosserez /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseront /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserait /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserions /bʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brosseriez /bʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
brosseraient /bʁɔ.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 | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brosses /bʁɔs/ |
brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brossions /bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
brossiez /bʁɔ.sje/ |
brossent /bʁɔs/ |
| imperfect2 | brossasse /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossasses /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossât /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossassions /bʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
brossassiez /bʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
brossassent /bʁɔ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
— | brossons /bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
brossez /bʁɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- → Dutch: brossen
Further reading
- “brosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.