empresser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/
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Verb
empresser
- (pronominal) to hasten [with de (+ infinitive)]
- Synonym: hâter
- (reflexive, literary, of crowd) to mass, to gather
Conjugation
Conjugation of empresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | empresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | empressant /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | empressé /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empresses /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empressons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/ |
empressez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/ |
empressent /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | empressais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ |
empressais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ |
empressait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ |
empressions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
empressiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/ |
empressaient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | empressai /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/ |
empressas /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/ |
empressa /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/ |
empressâmes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sam/ |
empressâtes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sat/ |
empressèrent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | empresserai /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/ |
empresseras /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/ |
empressera /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/ |
empresserons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
empresserez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/ |
empresseront /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | empresserais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
empresserais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
empresserait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
empresserions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
empresseriez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
empresseraient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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 | empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empresses /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
empressions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
empressiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/ |
empressent /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | empressasse /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/ |
empressasses /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/ |
empressât /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/ |
empressassions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
empressassiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sje/ |
empressassent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/ |
— | empressons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/ |
empressez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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
- “empresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.