grasseyer

French

Etymology

From gras +‎ -eyer, variant of -oyer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ ~ /ɡʁa.se.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.se.je/, /ɡʁa.se.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.se.je/

Verb

grasseyer

1. (of the phoneme /ʁ/, the letter R) to pronounce uvularly

Conjugation

Conjugation of grasseyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grasseyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grasseyant /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grasseyé /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grasseye /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseyes /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseye /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseyons /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɔ̃/	grasseyez /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/	grasseyent /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/
	imperfect	grasseyais /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/	grasseyais /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/	grasseyait /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/	grasseyions /ɡʁa.sɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.jɔ̃/	grasseyiez /ɡʁa.sɛj.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.je/	grasseyaient /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/
	past historic2	grasseyai /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/	grasseyas /ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/	grasseya /ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/	grasseyâmes /ɡʁa.sɛ.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jam/ or /ɡʁa.se.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jam/	grasseyâtes /ɡʁa.sɛ.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jat/ or /ɡʁa.se.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jat/	grasseyèrent /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛʁ/
	future	grasseyerai /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁe/	grasseyeras /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁa/	grasseyera /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁa/	grasseyerons /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/	grasseyerez /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁe/	grasseyeront /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grasseyerais /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/	grasseyerais /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/	grasseyerait /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/	grasseyerions /ɡʁa.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	grasseyeriez /ɡʁa.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁa.se.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jə.ʁje/	grasseyeraient /ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.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	grasseye /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseyes /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseye /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	grasseyions /ɡʁa.sɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.jɔ̃/	grasseyiez /ɡʁa.sɛj.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.je/	grasseyent /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/
	imperfect2	grasseyasse /ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/	grasseyasses /ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/	grasseyât /ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/	grasseyassions /ɡʁa.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja.sjɔ̃/	grasseyassiez /ɡʁa.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja.sje/	grasseyassent /ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grasseye /ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/	—	grasseyons /ɡʁa.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɔ̃/	grasseyez /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/	—
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

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