transposer
English
Etymology
From French transposer.
Noun
transposer (plural transposers)
- Someone who transposes (in any sense).
- A computer program that automatically transposes music from one key to another.
References
- “transposer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin transponere, altered based on French poser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/
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Verb
transposer
- to transpose (reverse or change the order of two)
Conjugation
Conjugation of transposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | transposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | transposant /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | transposé /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transposes /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transposons /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɔ̃/ |
transposez /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/ |
transposent /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
| imperfect | transposais /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/ |
transposais /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/ |
transposait /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/ |
transposions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zjɔ̃/ |
transposiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zje/ |
transposaient /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | transposai /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/ |
transposas /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/ |
transposa /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/ |
transposâmes /tʁɑ̃s.po.zam/ |
transposâtes /tʁɑ̃s.po.zat/ |
transposèrent /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | transposerai /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁe/ |
transposeras /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁa/ |
transposera /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁa/ |
transposerons /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
transposerez /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁe/ |
transposeront /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | transposerais /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/ |
transposerais /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/ |
transposerait /tʁɑ̃s.poz.ʁɛ/ |
transposerions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
transposeriez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zə.ʁje/ |
transposeraient /tʁɑ̃s.poz.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 | transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transposes /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
transposions /tʁɑ̃s.po.zjɔ̃/ |
transposiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.zje/ |
transposent /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | transposasse /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/ |
transposasses /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/ |
transposât /tʁɑ̃s.po.za/ |
transposassions /tʁɑ̃s.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
transposassiez /tʁɑ̃s.po.za.sje/ |
transposassent /tʁɑ̃s.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | transpose /tʁɑ̃s.poz/ |
— | transposons /tʁɑ̃s.po.zɔ̃/ |
transposez /tʁɑ̃s.po.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
- “transposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.