adresser

Danish

Noun

adresser c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of adresse

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French

Etymology

From Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier, drecer (compare with modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre. Compare Italian indirizzare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dʁe.se/, /a.dʁɛ.se/

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Verb

adresser

1. (transitive) to direct
2. (reflexive, with à) to address

   Est-ce qu’il s’adressait à la table?

   Has he been addressing the table?

Conjugation

Conjugation of adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adressant /a.dʁe.sɑ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adressé /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adresse /a.dʁɛs/	adresses /a.dʁɛs/	adresse /a.dʁɛs/	adressons /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/	adressez /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/	adressent /a.dʁɛs/
	imperfect	adressais /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/	adressais /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/	adressait /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/	adressions /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/	adressiez /a.dʁe.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sje/	adressaient /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/
	past historic2	adressai /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/	adressas /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/	adressa /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/	adressâmes /a.dʁe.sam/ or /a.dʁɛ.sam/	adressâtes /a.dʁe.sat/ or /a.dʁɛ.sat/	adressèrent /a.dʁe.sɛʁ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/
	future	adresserai /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/	adresseras /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/	adressera /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/	adresserons /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/	adresserez /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/	adresseront /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/	adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/	adresserait /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/	adresserions /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	adresseriez /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁje/	adresseraient /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.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	adresse /a.dʁɛs/	adresses /a.dʁɛs/	adresse /a.dʁɛs/	adressions /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/	adressiez /a.dʁe.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sje/	adressent /a.dʁɛs/
	imperfect2	adressasse /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/	adressasses /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/	adressât /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/	adressassions /a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/	adressassiez /a.dʁe.sa.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/	adressassent /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adresse /a.dʁɛs/	—	adressons /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/	adressez /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.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

• adresse

Related terms

• dresser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• desserra
• dressera
• redressa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

adresser m or f

1. indefinite plural of adresse

Verb

adresser

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of adressere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

adresser f

1. indefinite plural of adresse

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Swedish

Noun

adresser

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of adress