angoisser

French

Etymology

From Old French angoissier; equivalent to angoisse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡwa.se/

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• Homophones: angoissai, angoissé, angoissée, angoissées, angoissés, angoissez

Verb

angoisser

1. (transitive) to stress, to worry; to cause panic or fear

Conjugation

Conjugation of angoisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	angoisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	angoissant /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		angoissé /ɑ̃.ɡwa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	angoisse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoisses /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoisse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoissons /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɔ̃/	angoissez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.se/	angoissent /ɑ̃.ɡwas/
	imperfect	angoissais /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɛ/	angoissais /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɛ/	angoissait /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɛ/	angoissions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/	angoissiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/	angoissaient /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɛ/
	past historic2	angoissai /ɑ̃.ɡwa.se/	angoissas /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sa/	angoissa /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sa/	angoissâmes /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sam/	angoissâtes /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sat/	angoissèrent /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɛʁ/
	future	angoisserai /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁe/	angoisseras /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁa/	angoissera /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁa/	angoisserons /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁɔ̃/	angoisserez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁe/	angoisseront /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	angoisserais /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁɛ/	angoisserais /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁɛ/	angoisserait /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sʁɛ/	angoisserions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	angoisseriez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sə.ʁje/	angoisseraient /ɑ̃.ɡwa.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	angoisse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoisses /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoisse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	angoissions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/	angoissiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/	angoissent /ɑ̃.ɡwas/
	imperfect2	angoissasse /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sas/	angoissasses /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sas/	angoissât /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sa/	angoissassions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sa.sjɔ̃/	angoissassiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sa.sje/	angoissassent /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	angoisse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	—	angoissons /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɔ̃/	angoissez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.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

• angoissé
• angoissant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• agression, engrossai, ignorasse, organises, organisés, soigneras, songerais