classer
English
Etymology 1
Noun
classer (plural classers)
- One who classes or classifies
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
classer (plural classers)
- (in combination) A member of a particular class
- 1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- […] although most black middle classers remain personally estranged from European "high art," theoretically they endorse it, and thus admire Marsalis's mastery of its forms.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.se/
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Verb
classer
Conjugation
Conjugation of classer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | classer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | classant /kla.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | classé /kla.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | classe /klas/ |
classes /klas/ |
classe /klas/ |
classons /kla.sɔ̃/ |
classez /kla.se/ |
classent /klas/ |
| imperfect | classais /kla.sɛ/ |
classais /kla.sɛ/ |
classait /kla.sɛ/ |
classions /kla.sjɔ̃/ |
classiez /kla.sje/ |
classaient /kla.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | classai /kla.se/ |
classas /kla.sa/ |
classa /kla.sa/ |
classâmes /kla.sam/ |
classâtes /kla.sat/ |
classèrent /kla.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | classerai /kla.sʁe/ |
classeras /kla.sʁa/ |
classera /kla.sʁa/ |
classerons /kla.sʁɔ̃/ |
classerez /kla.sʁe/ |
classeront /kla.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | classerais /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerais /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerait /kla.sʁɛ/ |
classerions /kla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
classeriez /kla.sə.ʁje/ |
classeraient /kla.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 | classe /klas/ |
classes /klas/ |
classe /klas/ |
classions /kla.sjɔ̃/ |
classiez /kla.sje/ |
classent /klas/ |
| imperfect2 | classasse /kla.sas/ |
classasses /kla.sas/ |
classât /kla.sa/ |
classassions /kla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
classassiez /kla.sa.sje/ |
classassent /kla.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | classe /klas/ |
— | classons /kla.sɔ̃/ |
classez /kla.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “classer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.