cuirasser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɥi.ʁa.se/
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Verb
cuirasser
- (transitive) to put on (a suit of armour)
- (figuratively, reflexive, se cuirasser) to prepare for action
Conjugation
Conjugation of cuirasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cuirasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cuirassant /kɥi.ʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cuirassé /kɥi.ʁa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirasses /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirassons /kɥi.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
cuirassez /kɥi.ʁa.se/ |
cuirassent /kɥi.ʁas/ |
| imperfect | cuirassais /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ |
cuirassais /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ |
cuirassait /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ |
cuirassions /kɥi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cuirassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sje/ |
cuirassaient /kɥi.ʁa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cuirassai /kɥi.ʁa.se/ |
cuirassas /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ |
cuirassa /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ |
cuirassâmes /kɥi.ʁa.sam/ |
cuirassâtes /kɥi.ʁa.sat/ |
cuirassèrent /kɥi.ʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | cuirasserai /kɥi.ʁa.sʁe/ |
cuirasseras /kɥi.ʁa.sʁa/ |
cuirassera /kɥi.ʁa.sʁa/ |
cuirasserons /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
cuirasserez /kɥi.ʁa.sʁe/ |
cuirasseront /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cuirasserais /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
cuirasserais /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
cuirasserait /kɥi.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
cuirasserions /kɥi.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cuirasseriez /kɥi.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
cuirasseraient /kɥi.ʁa.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 | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirasses /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ |
cuirassions /kɥi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cuirassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sje/ |
cuirassent /kɥi.ʁas/ |
| imperfect2 | cuirassasse /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ |
cuirassasses /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ |
cuirassât /kɥi.ʁa.sa/ |
cuirassassions /kɥi.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cuirassassiez /kɥi.ʁa.sa.sje/ |
cuirassassent /kɥi.ʁa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cuirasse /kɥi.ʁas/ |
— | cuirassons /kɥi.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
cuirassez /kɥi.ʁa.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
- “cuirasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.