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se_resserrer
resserrer
French
Verb
resserrer
- to retighten (knot, belt, ****, etc.)
- (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
- Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserait autour de son cou.
- (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
- Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
- (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
- L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
Related terms
- resserrage
- resserrement
Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | resserrer | avoir resserré | |||||
| gerund | en resserrant | en ayant resserré | |||||
| present participle | resserrant /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | resserré /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
resserrais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
resserrait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ |
resserraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | resserrai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ |
resserras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ |
resserra /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ |
resserrâmes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁam/ |
resserrâtes /ʁə.sɛ.ʁat/ |
resserrèrent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | resserrerai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrera /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrerons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrerez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreront /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserreriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
resserreraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.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 | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
resserrasse /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ |
resserrasses /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ |
resserrât /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ |
resserrassions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
resserrassiez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
resserrassent /ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
— | resserrons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ |
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