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adosser
adosser
See also: adôsser
French
Verb
adosser
- (transitive) to back up (put someone's back (against))
- adosser quelqu'un contre un mur - to back someone up against a wall
- (reflexive) to lean (back)
- s'adosser contre un mur - to lean (back) against a wall
- (reflexive) to back up (put one's back against something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | adosser | avoir adossé | |||||
| gerund | en adossant | en ayant adossé | |||||
| present participle | adossant /a.dɔ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | adossé /a.dɔ.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 | adosse /a.dɔs/ |
adosses /a.dɔs/ |
adosse /a.dɔs/ |
adossons /a.dɔ.sɔ̃/ |
adossez /a.dɔ.se/ |
adossent /a.dɔs/ |
| imperfect | adossais /a.dɔ.sɛ/ |
adossais /a.dɔ.sɛ/ |
adossait /a.dɔ.sɛ/ |
adossions /a.dɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
adossiez /a.dɔ.sje/ |
adossaient /a.dɔ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | adossai /a.dɔ.se/ |
adossas /a.dɔ.sa/ |
adossa /a.dɔ.sa/ |
adossâmes /a.dɔ.sam/ |
adossâtes /a.dɔ.sat/ |
adossèrent /a.dɔ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | adosserai /a.dɔ.sʁe/ |
adosseras /a.dɔ.sʁa/ |
adossera /a.dɔ.sʁa/ |
adosserons /a.dɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
adosserez /a.dɔ.sʁe/ |
adosseront /a.dɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | adosserais /a.dɔ.sʁɛ/ |
adosserais /a.dɔ.sʁɛ/ |
adosserait /a.dɔ.sʁɛ/ |
adosserions /a.dɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adosseriez /a.dɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
adosseraient /a.dɔ.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 | adosse /a.dɔs/ |
adosses /a.dɔs/ |
adosse /a.dɔs/ |
adossions /a.dɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
adossiez /a.dɔ.sje/ |
adossent /a.dɔs/ |
| imperfect1 |
adossasse /a.dɔ.sas/ |
adossasses /a.dɔ.sas/ |
adossât /a.dɔ.sa/ |
adossassions /a.dɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
adossassiez /a.dɔ.sa.sje/ |
adossassent /a.dɔ.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 | – | |
| — | adosse /a.dɔs/ |
— | adossons /a.dɔ.sɔ̃/ |
adossez /a.dɔ.se/ |
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