fricasser

French

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *frīgicāre, frequentative of Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), or perhaps a blend of frire (“to fry”) +‎ casser (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ka.se/

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Verb

fricasser

1. to fricassee
2. to partake in debauchery

Conjugation

Conjugation of fricasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fricasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fricassant /fʁi.ka.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fricassé /fʁi.ka.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fricasse /fʁi.kas/	fricasses /fʁi.kas/	fricasse /fʁi.kas/	fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/	fricassez /fʁi.ka.se/	fricassent /fʁi.kas/
	imperfect	fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/	fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/	fricassait /fʁi.ka.sɛ/	fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/	fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/	fricassaient /fʁi.ka.sɛ/
	past historic2	fricassai /fʁi.ka.se/	fricassas /fʁi.ka.sa/	fricassa /fʁi.ka.sa/	fricassâmes /fʁi.ka.sam/	fricassâtes /fʁi.ka.sat/	fricassèrent /fʁi.ka.sɛʁ/
	future	fricasserai /fʁi.ka.sʁe/	fricasseras /fʁi.ka.sʁa/	fricassera /fʁi.ka.sʁa/	fricasserons /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/	fricasserez /fʁi.ka.sʁe/	fricasseront /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/	fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/	fricasserait /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/	fricasserions /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	fricasseriez /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁje/	fricasseraient /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/
(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	fricasse /fʁi.kas/	fricasses /fʁi.kas/	fricasse /fʁi.kas/	fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/	fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/	fricassent /fʁi.kas/
	imperfect2	fricassasse /fʁi.ka.sas/	fricassasses /fʁi.ka.sas/	fricassât /fʁi.ka.sa/	fricassassions /fʁi.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/	fricassassiez /fʁi.ka.sa.sje/	fricassassent /fʁi.ka.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fricasse /fʁi.kas/	—	fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/	fricassez /fʁi.ka.se/	—
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).

Derived terms

• fricassée
• fricasseur
• fricot

Further reading

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