essorer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French essorer (whence also English soar), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air; to expose to air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.sɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

essorer

1. to dry out, to hang out to dry (e.g. washing), to spin-dry

   Je voudrais essorer mon pull-over. ― I'd like to hang out my pullover.

2. wring, wring out

Conjugation

Conjugation of essorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	essorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	essorant /e.sɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		essoré /e.sɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	essore /e.sɔʁ/	essores /e.sɔʁ/	essore /e.sɔʁ/	essorons /e.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/	essorez /e.sɔ.ʁe/	essorent /e.sɔʁ/
	imperfect	essorais /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/	essorais /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/	essorait /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/	essorions /e.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	essoriez /e.sɔ.ʁje/	essoraient /e.sɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	essorai /e.sɔ.ʁe/	essoras /e.sɔ.ʁa/	essora /e.sɔ.ʁa/	essorâmes /e.sɔ.ʁam/	essorâtes /e.sɔ.ʁat/	essorèrent /e.sɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	essorerai /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	essoreras /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	essorera /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	essorerons /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	essorerez /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	essoreront /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	essorerais /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	essorerais /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	essorerait /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	essorerions /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	essoreriez /e.sɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	essoreraient /e.sɔ.ʁə.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	essore /e.sɔʁ/	essores /e.sɔʁ/	essore /e.sɔʁ/	essorions /e.sɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	essoriez /e.sɔ.ʁje/	essorent /e.sɔʁ/
	imperfect2	essorasse /e.sɔ.ʁas/	essorasses /e.sɔ.ʁas/	essorât /e.sɔ.ʁa/	essorassions /e.sɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	essorassiez /e.sɔ.ʁa.sje/	essorassent /e.sɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	essore /e.sɔʁ/	—	essorons /e.sɔ.ʁɔ̃/	essorez /e.sɔ.ʁe/	—
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

• essor
• essorage

Further reading

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