jacasser

French

Etymology

From jacques (“magpie”); male proper names were often applied to birds, such as pierrot (“sparrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ka.se/

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• Homophones: jacassai, jacassé, jacassez

Verb

jacasser

1. (intransitive, of a magpie) to caw
2. (figuratively, intransitive) to chatter, to gossip, to jabber

Conjugation

Conjugation of jacasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jacasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jacassant /ʒa.ka.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jacassé /ʒa.ka.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jacasse /ʒa.kas/	jacasses /ʒa.kas/	jacasse /ʒa.kas/	jacassons /ʒa.ka.sɔ̃/	jacassez /ʒa.ka.se/	jacassent /ʒa.kas/
	imperfect	jacassais /ʒa.ka.sɛ/	jacassais /ʒa.ka.sɛ/	jacassait /ʒa.ka.sɛ/	jacassions /ʒa.ka.sjɔ̃/	jacassiez /ʒa.ka.sje/	jacassaient /ʒa.ka.sɛ/
	past historic2	jacassai /ʒa.ka.se/	jacassas /ʒa.ka.sa/	jacassa /ʒa.ka.sa/	jacassâmes /ʒa.ka.sam/	jacassâtes /ʒa.ka.sat/	jacassèrent /ʒa.ka.sɛʁ/
	future	jacasserai /ʒa.ka.sʁe/	jacasseras /ʒa.ka.sʁa/	jacassera /ʒa.ka.sʁa/	jacasserons /ʒa.ka.sʁɔ̃/	jacasserez /ʒa.ka.sʁe/	jacasseront /ʒa.ka.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jacasserais /ʒa.ka.sʁɛ/	jacasserais /ʒa.ka.sʁɛ/	jacasserait /ʒa.ka.sʁɛ/	jacasserions /ʒa.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	jacasseriez /ʒa.ka.sə.ʁje/	jacasseraient /ʒa.ka.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	jacasse /ʒa.kas/	jacasses /ʒa.kas/	jacasse /ʒa.kas/	jacassions /ʒa.ka.sjɔ̃/	jacassiez /ʒa.ka.sje/	jacassent /ʒa.kas/
	imperfect2	jacassasse /ʒa.ka.sas/	jacassasses /ʒa.ka.sas/	jacassât /ʒa.ka.sa/	jacassassions /ʒa.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/	jacassassiez /ʒa.ka.sa.sje/	jacassassent /ʒa.ka.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jacasse /ʒa.kas/	—	jacassons /ʒa.ka.sɔ̃/	jacassez /ʒa.ka.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

• jacasseur

Further reading

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