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terrasser
terrasser
French
Etymology
From terrasse. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁa.se/
- IPA(key): /te.ʁa.se/
Verb
terrasser
- (transitive) to fortify or buttress with a mound of earth
- (transitive) to bring down, strike down (cause to fall to the ground)
- (transitive) to overcome, conquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of terrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | terrasser | avoir terrassé | |||||
| gerund | en terrassant | en ayant terrassé | |||||
| present participle | terrassant /tɛ.ʁa.sɑ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | terrassé /tɛ.ʁa.se/ or /te.ʁa.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrasses /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrassons /tɛ.ʁa.sɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
terrassez /tɛ.ʁa.se/ or /te.ʁa.se/ |
terrassent /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
| imperfect | terrassais /tɛ.ʁa.sɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sɛ/ |
terrassais /tɛ.ʁa.sɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sɛ/ |
terrassait /tɛ.ʁa.sɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sɛ/ |
terrassions /tɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
terrassiez /tɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /te.ʁa.sje/ |
terrassaient /tɛ.ʁa.sɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | terrassai /tɛ.ʁa.se/ or /te.ʁa.se/ |
terrassas /tɛ.ʁa.sa/ or /te.ʁa.sa/ |
terrassa /tɛ.ʁa.sa/ or /te.ʁa.sa/ |
terrassâmes /tɛ.ʁa.sam/ or /te.ʁa.sam/ |
terrassâtes /tɛ.ʁa.sat/ or /te.ʁa.sat/ |
terrassèrent /tɛ.ʁa.sɛʁ/ or /te.ʁa.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | terrasserai /tɛ.ʁa.sʁe/ or /te.ʁa.sʁe/ |
terrasseras /tɛ.ʁa.sʁa/ or /te.ʁa.sʁa/ |
terrassera /tɛ.ʁa.sʁa/ or /te.ʁa.sʁa/ |
terrasserons /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
terrasserez /tɛ.ʁa.sʁe/ or /te.ʁa.sʁe/ |
terrasseront /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | terrasserais /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
terrasserais /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
terrasserait /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
terrasserions /tɛ.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terrasseriez /tɛ.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ or /te.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
terrasseraient /tɛ.ʁa.sʁɛ/ or /te.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrasses /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
terrassions /tɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
terrassiez /tɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /te.ʁa.sje/ |
terrassent /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
| imperfect1 |
terrassasse /tɛ.ʁa.sas/ or /te.ʁa.sas/ |
terrassasses /tɛ.ʁa.sas/ or /te.ʁa.sas/ |
terrassât /tɛ.ʁa.sa/ or /te.ʁa.sa/ |
terrassassions /tɛ.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
terrassassiez /tɛ.ʁa.sa.sje/ or /te.ʁa.sa.sje/ |
terrassassent /tɛ.ʁa.sas/ or /te.ʁa.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | terrasse /tɛ.ʁas/ or /te.ʁas/ |
— | terrassons /tɛ.ʁa.sɔ̃/ or /te.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
terrassez /tɛ.ʁa.se/ or /te.ʁa.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||