cosser
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cozzare.
Pronunciation
Verb
cosser
- (intransitive) to butt (ram heads together)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cossant /kɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cossé /kɔ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cosse /kɔs/ |
cosses /kɔs/ |
cosse /kɔs/ |
cossons /kɔ.sɔ̃/ |
cossez /kɔ.se/ |
cossent /kɔs/ |
| imperfect | cossais /kɔ.sɛ/ |
cossais /kɔ.sɛ/ |
cossait /kɔ.sɛ/ |
cossions /kɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
cossiez /kɔ.sje/ |
cossaient /kɔ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cossai /kɔ.se/ |
cossas /kɔ.sa/ |
cossa /kɔ.sa/ |
cossâmes /kɔ.sam/ |
cossâtes /kɔ.sat/ |
cossèrent /kɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | cosserai /kɔ.sʁe/ |
cosseras /kɔ.sʁa/ |
cossera /kɔ.sʁa/ |
cosserons /kɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
cosserez /kɔ.sʁe/ |
cosseront /kɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cosserais /kɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cosserais /kɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cosserait /kɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cosserions /kɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cosseriez /kɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
cosseraient /kɔ.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 | cosse /kɔs/ |
cosses /kɔs/ |
cosse /kɔs/ |
cossions /kɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
cossiez /kɔ.sje/ |
cossent /kɔs/ |
| imperfect2 | cossasse /kɔ.sas/ |
cossasses /kɔ.sas/ |
cossât /kɔ.sa/ |
cossassions /kɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cossassiez /kɔ.sa.sje/ |
cossassent /kɔ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cosse /kɔs/ |
— | cossons /kɔ.sɔ̃/ |
cossez /kɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “cosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.