matelasser

French

Etymology

matelas (“mattress”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tla.se/

Verb

matelasser

1. (transitive) to pad, cushion

Conjugation

Conjugation of matelasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	matelasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	matelassant /ma.tla.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		matelassé /ma.tla.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	matelasse /ma.tlas/	matelasses /ma.tlas/	matelasse /ma.tlas/	matelassons /ma.tla.sɔ̃/	matelassez /ma.tla.se/	matelassent /ma.tlas/
	imperfect	matelassais /ma.tla.sɛ/	matelassais /ma.tla.sɛ/	matelassait /ma.tla.sɛ/	matelassions /ma.tla.sjɔ̃/	matelassiez /ma.tla.sje/	matelassaient /ma.tla.sɛ/
	past historic2	matelassai /ma.tla.se/	matelassas /ma.tla.sa/	matelassa /ma.tla.sa/	matelassâmes /ma.tla.sam/	matelassâtes /ma.tla.sat/	matelassèrent /ma.tla.sɛʁ/
	future	matelasserai /ma.tla.sʁe/	matelasseras /ma.tla.sʁa/	matelassera /ma.tla.sʁa/	matelasserons /ma.tla.sʁɔ̃/	matelasserez /ma.tla.sʁe/	matelasseront /ma.tla.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	matelasserais /ma.tla.sʁɛ/	matelasserais /ma.tla.sʁɛ/	matelasserait /ma.tla.sʁɛ/	matelasserions /ma.tla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	matelasseriez /ma.tla.sə.ʁje/	matelasseraient /ma.tla.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	matelasse /ma.tlas/	matelasses /ma.tlas/	matelasse /ma.tlas/	matelassions /ma.tla.sjɔ̃/	matelassiez /ma.tla.sje/	matelassent /ma.tlas/
	imperfect2	matelassasse /ma.tla.sas/	matelassasses /ma.tla.sas/	matelassât /ma.tla.sa/	matelassassions /ma.tla.sa.sjɔ̃/	matelassassiez /ma.tla.sa.sje/	matelassassent /ma.tla.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	matelasse /ma.tlas/	—	matelassons /ma.tla.sɔ̃/	matelassez /ma.tla.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).

Further reading

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