digresser

French

Etymology

From the root of digression +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /di.ɡʁe.se/

Verb

digresser

1. (transitive) to digress

Conjugation

Conjugation of digresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	digresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	digressant /di.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		digressé /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/	digresses /di.ɡʁɛs/	digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/	digressons /di.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	digressez /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/	digressent /di.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect	digressais /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/	digressais /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/	digressait /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/	digressions /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	digressiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sje/	digressaient /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	digressai /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.se/	digressas /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/	digressa /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/	digressâmes /di.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /di.ɡʁe.sam/	digressâtes /di.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /di.ɡʁe.sat/	digressèrent /di.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	digresserai /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁe/	digresseras /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁa/	digressera /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁa/	digresserons /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/	digresserez /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁe/	digresseront /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	digresserais /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	digresserais /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	digresserait /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	digresserions /di.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	digresseriez /di.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/	digresseraient /di.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /di.ɡʁe.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	digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/	digresses /di.ɡʁɛs/	digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/	digressions /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	digressiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sje/	digressent /di.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect2	digressasse /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/	digressasses /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/	digressât /di.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa/	digressassions /di.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	digressassiez /di.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /di.ɡʁe.sa.sje/	digressassent /di.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /di.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	digresse /di.ɡʁɛs/	—	digressons /di.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /di.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	digressez /di.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /di.ɡʁe.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

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