chausser

French

Etymology

From Old French chaucier, from Latin calceāre, present active infinitive of calceō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

chausser

1. to put footwear on someone
2. (reflexive, se chausser) to put on footwear
3. to shoe (a horse)
4. to mulch

Conjugation

Conjugation of chausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chausser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chaussant /ʃo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chaussé /ʃo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chausse /ʃos/	chausses /ʃos/	chausse /ʃos/	chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/	chaussez /ʃo.se/	chaussent /ʃos/
	imperfect	chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussait /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/	chaussiez /ʃo.sje/	chaussaient /ʃo.sɛ/
	past historic2	chaussai /ʃo.se/	chaussas /ʃo.sa/	chaussa /ʃo.sa/	chaussâmes /ʃo.sam/	chaussâtes /ʃo.sat/	chaussèrent /ʃo.sɛʁ/
	future	chausserai /ʃo.sʁe/	chausseras /ʃo.sʁa/	chaussera /ʃo.sʁa/	chausserons /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/	chausserez /ʃo.sʁe/	chausseront /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserait /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserions /ʃo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	chausseriez /ʃo.sə.ʁje/	chausseraient /ʃo.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	chausse /ʃos/	chausses /ʃos/	chausse /ʃos/	chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/	chaussiez /ʃo.sje/	chaussent /ʃos/
	imperfect2	chaussasse /ʃo.sas/	chaussasses /ʃo.sas/	chaussât /ʃo.sa/	chaussassions /ʃo.sa.sjɔ̃/	chaussassiez /ʃo.sa.sje/	chaussassent /ʃo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chausse /ʃos/	—	chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/	chaussez /ʃo.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

• chausson
• chaussure
• enchausser

Related terms

• chausse / chausses
• chaussette
• chaussier
• déchausser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chasseur
• ruchasse