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serrer
serrer
French
Verb
serrer
- to tighten (a ****, a knot)
- Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis.
- Ton nœud de cravatte n'est pas assez serré, ça fait négligé.
- to shake (hands)
- J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main.
- to squeeze
- Il lui serra la bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours.
- (reflexive) to squeeze
- Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place.
- (reflexive) to shake (hands)
Related terms
- desserrer
- resserrer
- serrage
- serre-joint
- serre-livres
- serre-nœud
- serrement
- serre-tête
- serrer la vis
- serrer les dents
- se serrer la ceinture
- se serrer la main
Conjugation
Conjugation of serrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | serrer | avoir serré | |||||
| gerund | en serrant | en ayant serré | |||||
| present participle | serrant /sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | serré /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 | serre /sɛʁ/ |
serres /sɛʁ/ |
serre /sɛʁ/ |
serrons /sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
serrez /sɛ.ʁe/ |
serrent /sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | serrais /sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
serrais /sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
serrait /sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
serrions /sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
serriez /sɛ.ʁje/ |
serraient /sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | serrai /sɛ.ʁe/ |
serras /sɛ.ʁa/ |
serra /sɛ.ʁa/ |
serrâmes /sɛ.ʁam/ |
serrâtes /sɛ.ʁat/ |
serrèrent /sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | serrerai /sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
serreras /sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
serrera /sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
serrerons /sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
serrerez /sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
serreront /sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | serrerais /sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
serrerais /sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
serrerait /sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
serrerions /sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
serreriez /sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
serreraient /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 | serre /sɛʁ/ |
serres /sɛʁ/ |
serre /sɛʁ/ |
serrions /sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
serriez /sɛ.ʁje/ |
serrent /sɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
serrasse /sɛ.ʁas/ |
serrasses /sɛ.ʁas/ |
serrât /sɛ.ʁa/ |
serrassions /sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
serrassiez /sɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
serrassent /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 | – | |
| — | serre /sɛʁ/ |
— | serrons /sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
serrez /sɛ.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||