brosser

Dutch

Etymology

From brossen (“to ditch class”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔ.sər/
• Hyphenation: bros‧ser
• Rhymes: -ɔsər

Noun

brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)

1. (Belgium, informal) A truant, who skips class.

   Synonym: spijbelaar

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French

Etymology

From brosse (“a brush”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.se/

• Audio (Paris)

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Verb

brosser

1. (transitive) To brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush).
2. (transitive) To whip, to beat (to defeat).
3. (Belgium, informal) To play truant, to skip class.

Conjugation

Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	brosser
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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

• → Dutch: brossen

Further reading

• “brosser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).