causer

See also: Causer

English

Etymology

cause +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

causer (plural causers)

1. someone or something that causes or produces an effect.

Synonyms

• author
• originator
• source

Derived terms

• trouble causer

References

• The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN

Anagrams

• SACEUR, Surace, cesura, saucer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ze/
• Homophones: causai, causé, causée, causées, causés, causez

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Etymology 1

From cause +‎ -er.

Verb

causer

1. to cause (be the cause of)

   Synonym: provoquer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin causārī.

Verb

causer

1. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)

   Synonym: parler

   Tu causes le céfran, mec ? ― You speak frog, dude?

2. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about

   De quoi il cause ? ― What's he banging on about?

   • 1966, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”:

     Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne cause pas Monsieur, on ne cause pas, on compte

     You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count

Conjugation

Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	causer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	causant /ko.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		causé /ko.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cause /koz/	causes /koz/	cause /koz/	causons /ko.zɔ̃/	causez /ko.ze/	causent /koz/
	imperfect	causais /ko.zɛ/	causais /ko.zɛ/	causait /ko.zɛ/	causions /ko.zjɔ̃/	causiez /ko.zje/	causaient /ko.zɛ/
	past historic2	causai /ko.ze/	causas /ko.za/	causa /ko.za/	causâmes /ko.zam/	causâtes /ko.zat/	causèrent /ko.zɛʁ/
	future	causerai /koz.ʁe/	causeras /koz.ʁa/	causera /koz.ʁa/	causerons /koz.ʁɔ̃/	causerez /koz.ʁe/	causeront /koz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	causerais /koz.ʁɛ/	causerais /koz.ʁɛ/	causerait /koz.ʁɛ/	causerions /ko.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	causeriez /ko.zə.ʁje/	causeraient /koz.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	cause /koz/	causes /koz/	cause /koz/	causions /ko.zjɔ̃/	causiez /ko.zje/	causent /koz/
	imperfect2	causasse /ko.zas/	causasses /ko.zas/	causât /ko.za/	causassions /ko.za.sjɔ̃/	causassiez /ko.za.sje/	causassent /ko.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cause /koz/	—	causons /ko.zɔ̃/	causez /ko.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).

Derived terms

• cause toujours
• causer chiffons
• tu peux causer

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• creusa, sucera

Latin

Verb

causer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor