ganser

See also: Ganser

French

Etymology

From ganse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.se/

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• Homophones: gansé, gansée, gansées, gansés, gansez

Verb

ganser

1. to border (decorate with a border)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ganser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ganser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gansant /ɡɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gansé /ɡɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ganse /ɡɑ̃s/	ganses /ɡɑ̃s/	ganse /ɡɑ̃s/	gansons /ɡɑ̃.sɔ̃/	gansez /ɡɑ̃.se/	gansent /ɡɑ̃s/
	imperfect	gansais /ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	gansais /ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	gansait /ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	gansions /ɡɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	gansiez /ɡɑ̃.sje/	gansaient /ɡɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	gansai /ɡɑ̃.se/	gansas /ɡɑ̃.sa/	gansa /ɡɑ̃.sa/	gansâmes /ɡɑ̃.sam/	gansâtes /ɡɑ̃.sat/	gansèrent /ɡɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	ganserai /ɡɑ̃.sʁe/	ganseras /ɡɑ̃.sʁa/	gansera /ɡɑ̃.sʁa/	ganserons /ɡɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	ganserez /ɡɑ̃.sʁe/	ganseront /ɡɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ganserais /ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ganserais /ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ganserait /ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ganserions /ɡɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	ganseriez /ɡɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	ganseraient /ɡɑ̃.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	ganse /ɡɑ̃s/	ganses /ɡɑ̃s/	ganse /ɡɑ̃s/	gansions /ɡɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	gansiez /ɡɑ̃.sje/	gansent /ɡɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	gansasse /ɡɑ̃.sas/	gansasses /ɡɑ̃.sas/	gansât /ɡɑ̃.sa/	gansassions /ɡɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	gansassiez /ɡɑ̃.sa.sje/	gansassent /ɡɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ganse /ɡɑ̃s/	—	gansons /ɡɑ̃.sɔ̃/	gansez /ɡɑ̃.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

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

Anagrams

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