cabosser
French
Etymology
ca- + bosse + -er, with influence from caboche.
Pronunciation
Verb
cabosser
- (transitive, informal) to dent
Conjugation
Conjugation of cabosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cabosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cabossant /ka.bɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cabossé /ka.bɔ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cabosse /ka.bɔs/ |
cabosses /ka.bɔs/ |
cabosse /ka.bɔs/ |
cabossons /ka.bɔ.sɔ̃/ |
cabossez /ka.bɔ.se/ |
cabossent /ka.bɔs/ |
| imperfect | cabossais /ka.bɔ.sɛ/ |
cabossais /ka.bɔ.sɛ/ |
cabossait /ka.bɔ.sɛ/ |
cabossions /ka.bɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
cabossiez /ka.bɔ.sje/ |
cabossaient /ka.bɔ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cabossai /ka.bɔ.se/ |
cabossas /ka.bɔ.sa/ |
cabossa /ka.bɔ.sa/ |
cabossâmes /ka.bɔ.sam/ |
cabossâtes /ka.bɔ.sat/ |
cabossèrent /ka.bɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | cabosserai /ka.bɔ.sʁe/ |
cabosseras /ka.bɔ.sʁa/ |
cabossera /ka.bɔ.sʁa/ |
cabosserons /ka.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
cabosserez /ka.bɔ.sʁe/ |
cabosseront /ka.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cabosserais /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cabosserais /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cabosserait /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/ |
cabosserions /ka.bɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cabosseriez /ka.bɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
cabosseraient /ka.bɔ.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 | cabosse /ka.bɔs/ |
cabosses /ka.bɔs/ |
cabosse /ka.bɔs/ |
cabossions /ka.bɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
cabossiez /ka.bɔ.sje/ |
cabossent /ka.bɔs/ |
| imperfect2 | cabossasse /ka.bɔ.sas/ |
cabossasses /ka.bɔ.sas/ |
cabossât /ka.bɔ.sa/ |
cabossassions /ka.bɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
cabossassiez /ka.bɔ.sa.sje/ |
cabossassent /ka.bɔ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cabosse /ka.bɔs/ |
— | cabossons /ka.bɔ.sɔ̃/ |
cabossez /ka.bɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “cabosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.