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Supposer
SUPPO'SER
,Noun.
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supposer
supposer
English
Noun
supposer (plural supposers)
- One who supposes.
- 1834, Sir James Mackintosh, History of the revolution in England in 1688
- It is evident, however, that such suppositions can do no more than illustrate the peculiar opinions of the supposer, and cannot prove that which, in the nature of things, they pre-suppose.
- 1834, Sir James Mackintosh, History of the revolution in England in 1688
French
Etymology
From Middle French supposer, from Middle French supposer, a borrowing from Latin suppōnō, suppōnere, altered based on French poser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.po.ze/
Verb
supposer
Conjugation
Conjugation of supposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | supposer | avoir supposé | |||||
| gerund | en supposant | en ayant supposé | |||||
| present participle | supposant /sy.po.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | supposé /sy.po.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | suppose /sy.poz/ |
supposes /sy.poz/ |
suppose /sy.poz/ |
supposons /sy.po.zɔ̃/ |
supposez /sy.po.ze/ |
supposent /sy.poz/ |
| imperfect | supposais /sy.po.zɛ/ |
supposais /sy.po.zɛ/ |
supposait /sy.po.zɛ/ |
supposions /sy.po.zjɔ̃/ |
supposiez /sy.po.zje/ |
supposaient /sy.po.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | supposai /sy.po.ze/ |
supposas /sy.po.za/ |
supposa /sy.po.za/ |
supposâmes /sy.po.zam/ |
supposâtes /sy.po.zat/ |
supposèrent /sy.po.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | supposerai /sy.poz.ʁe/ |
supposeras /sy.poz.ʁa/ |
supposera /sy.poz.ʁa/ |
supposerons /sy.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
supposerez /sy.poz.ʁe/ |
supposeront /sy.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | supposerais /sy.poz.ʁɛ/ |
supposerais /sy.poz.ʁɛ/ |
supposerait /sy.poz.ʁɛ/ |
supposerions /sy.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
supposeriez /sy.po.zə.ʁje/ |
supposeraient /sy.poz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | suppose /sy.poz/ |
supposes /sy.poz/ |
suppose /sy.poz/ |
supposions /sy.po.zjɔ̃/ |
supposiez /sy.po.zje/ |
supposent /sy.poz/ |
| imperfect1 |
supposasse /sy.po.zas/ |
supposasses /sy.po.zas/ |
supposât /sy.po.za/ |
supposassions /sy.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
supposassiez /sy.po.za.sje/ |
supposassent /sy.po.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | suppose /sy.poz/ |
— | supposons /sy.po.zɔ̃/ |
supposez /sy.po.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French supposer, a borrowing from Latin suppōnō, suppōnere, altered based on poser.
Verb
supposer
- to suppose (to assume to be true)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of supposer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | supposer | avoir supposé | |||||
| gerund | en supposant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | supposant | ||||||
| past participle | supposé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | suppose | supposes | suppose | supposons | supposez | supposent |
| imperfect | supposois, supposoys | supposois, supposoys | supposoit, supposoyt | supposions, supposyons | supposiez, supposyez | supposoient, supposoyent | |
| past historic | supposa | supposas | supposa | supposasmes | supposastes | supposerent | |
| future | supposerai, supposeray | supposeras | supposera | supposerons | supposerez | supposeront | |
| conditional | supposerois, supposeroys | supposerois, supposeroys | supposeroit, supposeroyt | supposerions, supposeryons | supposeriez, supposeryez | supposeroient, supposeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | suppose | supposes | suppose | supposons | supposez | supposent |
| imperfect | supposasse | supposasses | supposast | supposassions | supposassiez | supposassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | suppose | — | supposons | supposez | — | ||