damasser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

damasser

1. "to damask, to work damask-like"

Conjugation

Conjugation of damasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	damasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	damassant /da.ma.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		damassé /da.ma.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	damasse /da.mas/	damasses /da.mas/	damasse /da.mas/	damassons /da.ma.sɔ̃/	damassez /da.ma.se/	damassent /da.mas/
	imperfect	damassais /da.ma.sɛ/	damassais /da.ma.sɛ/	damassait /da.ma.sɛ/	damassions /da.ma.sjɔ̃/	damassiez /da.ma.sje/	damassaient /da.ma.sɛ/
	past historic2	damassai /da.ma.se/	damassas /da.ma.sa/	damassa /da.ma.sa/	damassâmes /da.ma.sam/	damassâtes /da.ma.sat/	damassèrent /da.ma.sɛʁ/
	future	damasserai /da.ma.sʁe/	damasseras /da.ma.sʁa/	damassera /da.ma.sʁa/	damasserons /da.ma.sʁɔ̃/	damasserez /da.ma.sʁe/	damasseront /da.ma.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	damasserais /da.ma.sʁɛ/	damasserais /da.ma.sʁɛ/	damasserait /da.ma.sʁɛ/	damasserions /da.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	damasseriez /da.ma.sə.ʁje/	damasseraient /da.ma.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	damasse /da.mas/	damasses /da.mas/	damasse /da.mas/	damassions /da.ma.sjɔ̃/	damassiez /da.ma.sje/	damassent /da.mas/
	imperfect2	damassasse /da.ma.sas/	damassasses /da.ma.sas/	damassât /da.ma.sa/	damassassions /da.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/	damassassiez /da.ma.sa.sje/	damassassent /da.ma.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	damasse /da.mas/	—	damassons /da.ma.sɔ̃/	damassez /da.ma.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).

Related terms

• damasseur
• damasseuse
• damassure

Further reading

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