brosser
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
brosser
- (transitive) to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush)
- (transitive) to whip, to beat (to defeat)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | brosser | avoir brossé | |||||
| gerund | en brossant | en ayant brossé | |||||
| present participle | brossant /bʁɔ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | brossé /bʁɔ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brosses /bʁɔs/ |
brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brossons /bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
brossez /bʁɔ.se/ |
brossent /bʁɔs/ |
| imperfect | brossais /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossais /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossait /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
brossions /bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
brossiez /bʁɔ.sje/ |
brossaient /bʁɔ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | brossai /bʁɔ.se/ |
brossas /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossa /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossâmes /bʁɔ.sam/ |
brossâtes /bʁɔ.sat/ |
brossèrent /bʁɔ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | brosserai /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseras /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brossera /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brosserons /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
brosserez /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseront /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserait /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserions /bʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brosseriez /bʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
brosseraient /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brosses /bʁɔs/ |
brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brossions /bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
brossiez /bʁɔ.sje/ |
brossent /bʁɔs/ |
| imperfect1 | brossasse /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossasses /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossât /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossassions /bʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
brossassiez /bʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
brossassent /bʁɔ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
— | brossons /bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
brossez /bʁɔ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “brosser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
