paraphraser

English

Etymology

paraphrase +‎ -er

Noun

paraphraser (plural paraphrasers)

1. One who paraphrases.

   Synonym: paraphrast

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/, /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/

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Verb

paraphraser

1. paraphrase (to compose a paraphrase)

Conjugation

Conjugation of paraphraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	paraphraser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	paraphrasant /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		paraphrasé /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrases /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrasons /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɔ̃/	paraphrasez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/	paraphrasent /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/
	imperfect	paraphrasais /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/	paraphrasais /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/	paraphrasait /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/	paraphrasions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	paraphrasiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zje/	paraphrasaient /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	paraphrasai /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/	paraphrasas /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/	paraphrasa /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/	paraphrasâmes /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zam/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zam/	paraphrasâtes /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zat/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zat/	paraphrasèrent /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	paraphraserai /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁe/	paraphraseras /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁa/	paraphrasera /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁa/	paraphraserons /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/	paraphraserez /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁe/	paraphraseront /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	paraphraserais /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	paraphraserais /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	paraphraserait /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/	paraphraserions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	paraphraseriez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zə.ʁje/	paraphraseraient /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrases /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	paraphrasions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/	paraphrasiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zje/	paraphrasent /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/
	imperfect2	paraphrasasse /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/	paraphrasasses /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/	paraphrasât /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/	paraphrasassions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	paraphrasassiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za.sje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za.sje/	paraphrasassent /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/	—	paraphrasons /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɔ̃/	paraphrasez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “paraphraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.