corser

French

Etymology

cors +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.se/

Verb

corser

1. (transitive) to spice up
2. (transitive) to increase
3. (reflexive) to worsen

Conjugation

Conjugation of corser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	corser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	corsant /kɔʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corsé /kɔʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corse /kɔʁs/	corses /kɔʁs/	corse /kɔʁs/	corsons /kɔʁ.sɔ̃/	corsez /kɔʁ.se/	corsent /kɔʁs/
	imperfect	corsais /kɔʁ.sɛ/	corsais /kɔʁ.sɛ/	corsait /kɔʁ.sɛ/	corsions /kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	corsiez /kɔʁ.sje/	corsaient /kɔʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	corsai /kɔʁ.se/	corsas /kɔʁ.sa/	corsa /kɔʁ.sa/	corsâmes /kɔʁ.sam/	corsâtes /kɔʁ.sat/	corsèrent /kɔʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	corserai /kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	corseras /kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	corsera /kɔʁ.sə.ʁa/	corserons /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	corserez /kɔʁ.sə.ʁe/	corseront /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corserais /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	corserais /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	corserait /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	corserions /kɔʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	corseriez /kɔʁ.sə.ʁje/	corseraient /kɔʁ.sə.ʁɛ/
(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	corse /kɔʁs/	corses /kɔʁs/	corse /kɔʁs/	corsions /kɔʁ.sjɔ̃/	corsiez /kɔʁ.sje/	corsent /kɔʁs/
	imperfect2	corsasse /kɔʁ.sas/	corsasses /kɔʁ.sas/	corsât /kɔʁ.sa/	corsassions /kɔʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	corsassiez /kɔʁ.sa.sje/	corsassent /kɔʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corse /kɔʁs/	—	corsons /kɔʁ.sɔ̃/	corsez /kɔʁ.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).

Further reading

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