tapisser
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tapiser, tapicer, from Old French tapissier, from tapis (“tapestry”) + -ier (“-er”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæpɪsə(ɹ)/, /ˈtæpəsə(ɹ)/
Noun
tapisser (plural tapissers)
French
Etymology
From tapis + -er, the s is doubled to keep the /s/ sound intact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.pi.se/
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Verb
tapisser
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tapisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tapissant /ta.pi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tapissé /ta.pi.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapisses /ta.pis/ |
tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/ |
tapissez /ta.pi.se/ |
tapissent /ta.pis/ |
| imperfect | tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/ |
tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/ |
tapissait /ta.pi.sɛ/ |
tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ |
tapissaient /ta.pi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tapissai /ta.pi.se/ |
tapissas /ta.pi.sa/ |
tapissa /ta.pi.sa/ |
tapissâmes /ta.pi.sam/ |
tapissâtes /ta.pi.sat/ |
tapissèrent /ta.pi.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | tapisserai /ta.pi.sʁe/ |
tapisseras /ta.pi.sʁa/ |
tapissera /ta.pi.sʁa/ |
tapisserons /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/ |
tapisserez /ta.pi.sʁe/ |
tapisseront /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ |
tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ |
tapisserait /ta.pi.sʁɛ/ |
tapisserions /ta.pi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tapisseriez /ta.pi.sə.ʁje/ |
tapisseraient /ta.pi.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 | tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapisses /ta.pis/ |
tapisse /ta.pis/ |
tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/ |
tapissent /ta.pis/ |
| imperfect2 | tapissasse /ta.pi.sas/ |
tapissasses /ta.pi.sas/ |
tapissât /ta.pi.sa/ |
tapissassions /ta.pi.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
tapissassiez /ta.pi.sa.sje/ |
tapissassent /ta.pi.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tapisse /ta.pis/ |
— | tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/ |
tapissez /ta.pi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tapisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
tapisser
- alternative form of tapiser