oppresser
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin oppressus + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɔ.pʁe.se/
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Verb
[edit]oppresser
- (transitive) to oppress
- (transitive) to squeeze so as to prevent breathing
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of oppresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | oppresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | oppressant /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | oppressé /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/ |
oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ |
oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ |
oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ |
oppressait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ |
oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/ |
oppressaient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | oppressai /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/ |
oppressas /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ |
oppressa /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ |
oppressâmes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sam/ |
oppressâtes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sat/ |
oppressèrent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | oppresserai /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/ |
oppresseras /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/ |
oppressera /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/ |
oppresserons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
oppresserez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/ |
oppresseront /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
oppresserait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/ |
oppresserions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
oppresseriez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
oppresseraient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.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 | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/ |
oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | oppressasse /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ |
oppressasses /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ |
oppressât /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/ |
oppressassions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
oppressassiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sje/ |
oppressassent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/ |
— | oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/ |
oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “oppresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.