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adresser
adresser
French
Etymology
From Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier, drecer (compare with modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre. Compare Italian indirizzare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dʁe.se/, /a.dʁɛ.se/
Verb
adresser
- (transitive) to direct
- (reflexive, with à) to address
- Est-ce qu'il adressait la table?
- Has he been addressing the table?
- Est-ce qu'il adressait la table?
Conjugation
Conjugation of adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | adresser | avoir adressé | |||||
| gerund | en adressant | en ayant adressé | |||||
| present participle | adressant /a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | adressé /a.dʁɛ.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 | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressons /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | adressais /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressais /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressait /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressions /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
adressaient /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | adressai /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
adressas /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressa /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressâmes /a.dʁɛ.sam/ |
adressâtes /a.dʁɛ.sat/ |
adressèrent /a.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | adresserai /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
adresseras /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
adressera /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
adresserons /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
adresserez /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
adresseront /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserait /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserions /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adresseriez /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
adresseraient /a.dʁɛ.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 | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressions /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
adressasse /a.dʁɛ.sas/ |
adressasses /a.dʁɛ.sas/ |
adressât /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressassions /a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
adressassiez /a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
adressassent /a.dʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
— | adressons /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
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