rassurer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French rasseürer, from re- + asseürer. By surface analysis, r- + assurer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.sy.ʁe/
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Verb
rassurer
- to reassure
- Synonym: rasséréner
- to calm down
Conjugation
Conjugation of rassurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rassurer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rassurant /ʁa.sy.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rassuré /ʁa.sy.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rassure /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassures /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassure /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassurons /ʁa.sy.ʁɔ̃/ |
rassurez /ʁa.sy.ʁe/ |
rassurent /ʁa.syʁ/ |
| imperfect | rassurais /ʁa.sy.ʁɛ/ |
rassurais /ʁa.sy.ʁɛ/ |
rassurait /ʁa.sy.ʁɛ/ |
rassurions /ʁa.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rassuriez /ʁa.sy.ʁje/ |
rassuraient /ʁa.sy.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rassurai /ʁa.sy.ʁe/ |
rassuras /ʁa.sy.ʁa/ |
rassura /ʁa.sy.ʁa/ |
rassurâmes /ʁa.sy.ʁam/ |
rassurâtes /ʁa.sy.ʁat/ |
rassurèrent /ʁa.sy.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | rassurerai /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
rassureras /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
rassurera /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
rassurerons /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rassurerez /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
rassureront /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rassurerais /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rassurerais /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rassurerait /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rassurerions /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rassureriez /ʁa.sy.ʁə.ʁje/ |
rassureraient /ʁa.sy.ʁə.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 | rassure /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassures /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassure /ʁa.syʁ/ |
rassurions /ʁa.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rassuriez /ʁa.sy.ʁje/ |
rassurent /ʁa.syʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | rassurasse /ʁa.sy.ʁas/ |
rassurasses /ʁa.sy.ʁas/ |
rassurât /ʁa.sy.ʁa/ |
rassurassions /ʁa.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
rassurassiez /ʁa.sy.ʁa.sje/ |
rassurassent /ʁa.sy.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rassure /ʁa.syʁ/ |
— | rassurons /ʁa.sy.ʁɔ̃/ |
rassurez /ʁa.sy.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “rassurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.