associer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin associāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɔ.sje/

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Verb

associer

1. to associate

Conjugation

Conjugation of associer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	associer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	associant /a.sɔ.sjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		associé /a.sɔ.sje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	associe /a.sɔ.si/	associes /a.sɔ.si/	associe /a.sɔ.si/	associons /a.sɔ.sjɔ̃/	associez /a.sɔ.sje/	associent /a.sɔ.si/
	imperfect	associais /a.sɔ.sjɛ/	associais /a.sɔ.sjɛ/	associait /a.sɔ.sjɛ/	associions /a.sɔ.si.jɔ̃/	associiez /a.sɔ.si.je/	associaient /a.sɔ.sjɛ/
	past historic2	associai /a.sɔ.sje/	associas /a.sɔ.sja/	associa /a.sɔ.sja/	associâmes /a.sɔ.sjam/	associâtes /a.sɔ.sjat/	associèrent /a.sɔ.sjɛʁ/
	future	associerai /a.sɔ.si.ʁe/	associeras /a.sɔ.si.ʁa/	associera /a.sɔ.si.ʁa/	associerons /a.sɔ.si.ʁɔ̃/	associerez /a.sɔ.si.ʁe/	associeront /a.sɔ.si.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	associerais /a.sɔ.si.ʁɛ/	associerais /a.sɔ.si.ʁɛ/	associerait /a.sɔ.si.ʁɛ/	associerions /a.sɔ.si.ʁjɔ̃/	associeriez /a.sɔ.si.ʁje/	associeraient /a.sɔ.si.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	associe /a.sɔ.si/	associes /a.sɔ.si/	associe /a.sɔ.si/	associions /a.sɔ.si.jɔ̃/	associiez /a.sɔ.si.je/	associent /a.sɔ.si/
	imperfect2	associasse /a.sɔ.sjas/	associasses /a.sɔ.sjas/	associât /a.sɔ.sja/	associassions /a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/	associassiez /a.sɔ.sja.sje/	associassent /a.sɔ.sjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	associe /a.sɔ.si/	—	associons /a.sɔ.sjɔ̃/	associez /a.sɔ.sje/	—
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

• association
• associé

Descendants

• → Romanian: asocia

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

associer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of associō