resserrer
French
Etymology
From re- (“again”) + serrer (“to tighten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ ~ /ʁə.se.ʁe/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: resserré, resserrée, resserrées, resserrés
- Rhymes: -e
Verb
resserrer
- (transitive) to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.)
- (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
- Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserrait autour de son cou.
- The more the animal moved, the more the rope tightened around its neck.
- (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
- Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
- Since the last staff meeting, discipline has got stricter.
- (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
- L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
- The distance between the runners is narrowing.
Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | resserrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | resserrant /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | resserré /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/ |
resserraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | resserrai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/ |
resserras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserra /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserrâmes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁam/ or /ʁə.se.ʁam/ |
resserrâtes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁat/ or /ʁə.se.ʁat/ |
resserrèrent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | resserrerai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrera /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrerons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrerez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreront /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserreriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁje/ |
resserreraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.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 | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | resserrasse /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ |
resserrasses /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ |
resserrât /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserrassions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
resserrassiez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sje/ |
resserrassent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
— | resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.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
- resserrage
- resserré
- resserrement
- resserrer les rangs
- ultra-resserré, ultraresserré
Further reading
- “resserrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.