émousser

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ mousse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mu.se/

Verb

émousser

1. to dull, blunt (to render blunt; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp)
2. (figuratively) to dull (a feeling)

Conjugation

Conjugation of émousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	émousser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	émoussant /e.mu.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		émoussé /e.mu.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	émousse /e.mus/	émousses /e.mus/	émousse /e.mus/	émoussons /e.mu.sɔ̃/	émoussez /e.mu.se/	émoussent /e.mus/
	imperfect	émoussais /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussais /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussait /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussions /e.mu.sjɔ̃/	émoussiez /e.mu.sje/	émoussaient /e.mu.sɛ/
	past historic2	émoussai /e.mu.se/	émoussas /e.mu.sa/	émoussa /e.mu.sa/	émoussâmes /e.mu.sam/	émoussâtes /e.mu.sat/	émoussèrent /e.mu.sɛʁ/
	future	émousserai /e.mu.sʁe/	émousseras /e.mu.sʁa/	émoussera /e.mu.sʁa/	émousserons /e.mu.sʁɔ̃/	émousserez /e.mu.sʁe/	émousseront /e.mu.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	émousserais /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserais /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserait /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserions /e.mu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	émousseriez /e.mu.sə.ʁje/	émousseraient /e.mu.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	émousse /e.mus/	émousses /e.mus/	émousse /e.mus/	émoussions /e.mu.sjɔ̃/	émoussiez /e.mu.sje/	émoussent /e.mus/
	imperfect2	émoussasse /e.mu.sas/	émoussasses /e.mu.sas/	émoussât /e.mu.sa/	émoussassions /e.mu.sa.sjɔ̃/	émoussassiez /e.mu.sa.sje/	émoussassent /e.mu.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	émousse /e.mus/	—	émoussons /e.mu.sɔ̃/	émoussez /e.mu.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).

Further reading

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