fausser

French

Etymology

From Old French falser, from Late Latin falsāre, present active infinitive of falsō, from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.se/

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Verb

fausser

1. to falsify, to render invalid
2. to skew, to distort (a result)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fausser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	faussant /fo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		faussé /fo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fausse /fos/	fausses /fos/	fausse /fos/	faussons /fo.sɔ̃/	faussez /fo.se/	faussent /fos/
	imperfect	faussais /fo.sɛ/	faussais /fo.sɛ/	faussait /fo.sɛ/	faussions /fo.sjɔ̃/	faussiez /fo.sje/	faussaient /fo.sɛ/
	past historic2	faussai /fo.se/	faussas /fo.sa/	faussa /fo.sa/	faussâmes /fo.sam/	faussâtes /fo.sat/	faussèrent /fo.sɛʁ/
	future	fausserai /fo.sʁe/	fausseras /fo.sʁa/	faussera /fo.sʁa/	fausserons /fo.sʁɔ̃/	fausserez /fo.sʁe/	fausseront /fo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fausserais /fo.sʁɛ/	fausserais /fo.sʁɛ/	fausserait /fo.sʁɛ/	fausserions /fo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	fausseriez /fo.sə.ʁje/	fausseraient /fo.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	fausse /fos/	fausses /fos/	fausse /fos/	faussions /fo.sjɔ̃/	faussiez /fo.sje/	faussent /fos/
	imperfect2	faussasse /fo.sas/	faussasses /fo.sas/	faussât /fo.sa/	faussassions /fo.sa.sjɔ̃/	faussassiez /fo.sa.sje/	faussassent /fo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fausse /fos/	—	faussons /fo.sɔ̃/	faussez /fo.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).

Synonyms

• falsifier

Related terms

• faux
• fausseté
• faussement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• refusas