opposer
English
Etymology
Noun
opposer (plural opposers)
- One who opposes, one who shows opposition.
- 1984, Catherine Garvey, Children's Talk (page 145)
- For example, after the opposer had objected to the opposee's plan to drive the car, the opposee suggested, "We can take turns driving the car."
- 1984, Catherine Garvey, Children's Talk (page 145)
Further reading
- “opposer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “oppose”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “oppose”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “opposer”, in Wordnik.
- (opposer*20), opponent at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- staunch opposer, staunch opponent at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- (opposers of the reform*20), opponents of the reform at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- opponent, opposer, detractor, adversary, antagonist at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Most likely an amalgamation between the Latin verbs opposuī, opposuisse and pausō, pausāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
opposer
- to oppose
Conjugation
Conjugation of opposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | opposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | opposant /ɔ.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | opposé /ɔ.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | oppose /ɔ.poz/ |
opposes /ɔ.poz/ |
oppose /ɔ.poz/ |
opposons /ɔ.po.zɔ̃/ |
opposez /ɔ.po.ze/ |
opposent /ɔ.poz/ |
| imperfect | opposais /ɔ.po.zɛ/ |
opposais /ɔ.po.zɛ/ |
opposait /ɔ.po.zɛ/ |
opposions /ɔ.po.zjɔ̃/ |
opposiez /ɔ.po.zje/ |
opposaient /ɔ.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | opposai /ɔ.po.ze/ |
opposas /ɔ.po.za/ |
opposa /ɔ.po.za/ |
opposâmes /ɔ.po.zam/ |
opposâtes /ɔ.po.zat/ |
opposèrent /ɔ.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | opposerai /ɔ.poz.ʁe/ |
opposeras /ɔ.poz.ʁa/ |
opposera /ɔ.poz.ʁa/ |
opposerons /ɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
opposerez /ɔ.poz.ʁe/ |
opposeront /ɔ.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | opposerais /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
opposerais /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
opposerait /ɔ.poz.ʁɛ/ |
opposerions /ɔ.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
opposeriez /ɔ.po.zə.ʁje/ |
opposeraient /ɔ.poz.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 | oppose /ɔ.poz/ |
opposes /ɔ.poz/ |
oppose /ɔ.poz/ |
opposions /ɔ.po.zjɔ̃/ |
opposiez /ɔ.po.zje/ |
opposent /ɔ.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | opposasse /ɔ.po.zas/ |
opposasses /ɔ.po.zas/ |
opposât /ɔ.po.za/ |
opposassions /ɔ.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
opposassiez /ɔ.po.za.sje/ |
opposassent /ɔ.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oppose /ɔ.poz/ |
— | opposons /ɔ.po.zɔ̃/ |
opposez /ɔ.po.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “opposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.