mesurer

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin mēnsūra

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Late Latin mēnsūrāre

Old French mesurer

French mesurer

Inherited from Old French mesurer, from Late Latin mēnsūrāre, from Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.zy.ʁe/

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Verb

mesurer

1. (intransitive) to measure

   Il mesure 1,81 mètres

   He measures 1.81 metres

2. (transitive) to measure

Conjugation

Conjugation of mesurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mesurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mesurant /mə.zy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mesuré /mə.zy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesures /mə.zyʁ/	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/	mesurez /mə.zy.ʁe/	mesurent /mə.zyʁ/
	imperfect	mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurais /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurait /mə.zy.ʁɛ/	mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/	mesuraient /mə.zy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	mesurai /mə.zy.ʁe/	mesuras /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesura /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesurâmes /mə.zy.ʁam/	mesurâtes /mə.zy.ʁat/	mesurèrent /mə.zy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	mesurerai /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	mesureras /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	mesurera /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁa/	mesurerons /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	mesurerez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁe/	mesureront /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerais /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerait /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	mesurerions /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	mesureriez /mə.zy.ʁə.ʁje/	mesureraient /mə.zy.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	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesures /mə.zyʁ/	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	mesurions /mə.zy.ʁjɔ̃/	mesuriez /mə.zy.ʁje/	mesurent /mə.zyʁ/
	imperfect2	mesurasse /mə.zy.ʁas/	mesurasses /mə.zy.ʁas/	mesurât /mə.zy.ʁa/	mesurassions /mə.zy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	mesurassiez /mə.zy.ʁa.sje/	mesurassent /mə.zy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mesure /mə.zyʁ/	—	mesurons /mə.zy.ʁɔ̃/	mesurez /mə.zy.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).

Derived terms

• automesurer

Related terms

• mesure

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• résumer

Old French

Alternative forms

• medurer

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin mēnsūrāre.

Verb

mesurer

1. (transitive) to measure

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mesurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesurer			avoir mesuré
gerund		en mesurant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mesurant
past participle		mesuré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mesur	mesures	mesure	mesurons	mesurez	mesurent
	imperfect	mesuroie, mesureie, mesuroe, mesureve	mesuroies, mesureies, mesuroes, mesureves	mesuroit, mesureit, mesurot, mesureve	mesuriiens, mesuriens	mesuriiez, mesuriez	mesuroient, mesureient, mesuroent, mesurevent
	preterite	mesurai	mesuras	mesura	mesurames	mesurastes	mesurerent
	future	mesurerai	mesureras	mesurera	mesurerons	mesureroiz, mesurereiz, mesurerez	mesureront
	conditional	mesureroie, mesurereie	mesureroies, mesurereies	mesureroit, mesurereit	mesureriiens, mesureriens	mesureriiez, mesureriez	mesureroient, mesurereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mesur	mesurs	mesurt	mesurons	mesurez	mesurent
	imperfect	mesurasse	mesurasses	mesurast	mesurissons, mesurissiens	mesurissoiz, mesurissez, mesurissiez	mesurassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mesure	—	mesurons	mesurez	—

Descendants

• French: mesurer