brosser
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From brossen (“to ditch class”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From brosse (“a brush”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
brosser
- (transitive) To brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush).
- (transitive) To whip, to beat (to defeat).
- (Belgium, informal) To play truant, to skip class.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | brosser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | brossant /bʁɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | brossé /bʁɔ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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/ | |
past historic2 | brossai /bʁɔ.se/ |
brossas /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossa /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossâmes /bʁɔ.sam/ |
brossâtes /bʁɔ.sat/ |
brossèrent /bʁɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | brosserai /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseras /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brossera /bʁɔ.sʁa/ |
brosserons /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
brosserez /bʁɔ.sʁe/ |
brosseront /bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserais /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserait /bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
brosserions /bʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brosseriez /bʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
brosseraient /bʁɔ.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 | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brosses /bʁɔs/ |
brosse /bʁɔs/ |
brossions /bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
brossiez /bʁɔ.sje/ |
brossent /bʁɔs/ |
imperfect2 | brossasse /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossasses /bʁɔ.sas/ |
brossât /bʁɔ.sa/ |
brossassions /bʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
brossassiez /bʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
brossassent /bʁɔ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | brosse /bʁɔs/ |
— | brossons /bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
brossez /bʁɔ.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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: brossen
Further reading[edit]
- “brosser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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