endosser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ dos (“back”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.do.se/

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Verb

endosser

1. to carry on one's back
2. to assume responsibility, to shoulder
3. to endorse
4. (transitive) to take on (e.g. a role)
5. to put on, to don [clothes]

Conjugation

Conjugation of endosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	endosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	endossant /ɑ̃.do.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		endossé /ɑ̃.do.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	endosse /ɑ̃.dos/	endosses /ɑ̃.dos/	endosse /ɑ̃.dos/	endossons /ɑ̃.do.sɔ̃/	endossez /ɑ̃.do.se/	endossent /ɑ̃.dos/
	imperfect	endossais /ɑ̃.do.sɛ/	endossais /ɑ̃.do.sɛ/	endossait /ɑ̃.do.sɛ/	endossions /ɑ̃.do.sjɔ̃/	endossiez /ɑ̃.do.sje/	endossaient /ɑ̃.do.sɛ/
	past historic2	endossai /ɑ̃.do.se/	endossas /ɑ̃.do.sa/	endossa /ɑ̃.do.sa/	endossâmes /ɑ̃.do.sam/	endossâtes /ɑ̃.do.sat/	endossèrent /ɑ̃.do.sɛʁ/
	future	endosserai /ɑ̃.do.sʁe/	endosseras /ɑ̃.do.sʁa/	endossera /ɑ̃.do.sʁa/	endosserons /ɑ̃.do.sʁɔ̃/	endosserez /ɑ̃.do.sʁe/	endosseront /ɑ̃.do.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	endosserais /ɑ̃.do.sʁɛ/	endosserais /ɑ̃.do.sʁɛ/	endosserait /ɑ̃.do.sʁɛ/	endosserions /ɑ̃.do.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	endosseriez /ɑ̃.do.sə.ʁje/	endosseraient /ɑ̃.do.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	endosse /ɑ̃.dos/	endosses /ɑ̃.dos/	endosse /ɑ̃.dos/	endossions /ɑ̃.do.sjɔ̃/	endossiez /ɑ̃.do.sje/	endossent /ɑ̃.dos/
	imperfect2	endossasse /ɑ̃.do.sas/	endossasses /ɑ̃.do.sas/	endossât /ɑ̃.do.sa/	endossassions /ɑ̃.do.sa.sjɔ̃/	endossassiez /ɑ̃.do.sa.sje/	endossassent /ɑ̃.do.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	endosse /ɑ̃.dos/	—	endossons /ɑ̃.do.sɔ̃/	endossez /ɑ̃.do.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

• endossement
• endosseur

Descendants

• → Spanish: endosar
• → Swedish: endossera

Further reading

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