potasser

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ta.se/

Verb

potasser

1. to revise, cram (academic material, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of potasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	potasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	potassant /pɔ.ta.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		potassé /pɔ.ta.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	potasse /pɔ.tas/	potasses /pɔ.tas/	potasse /pɔ.tas/	potassons /pɔ.ta.sɔ̃/	potassez /pɔ.ta.se/	potassent /pɔ.tas/
	imperfect	potassais /pɔ.ta.sɛ/	potassais /pɔ.ta.sɛ/	potassait /pɔ.ta.sɛ/	potassions /pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	potassiez /pɔ.ta.sje/	potassaient /pɔ.ta.sɛ/
	past historic2	potassai /pɔ.ta.se/	potassas /pɔ.ta.sa/	potassa /pɔ.ta.sa/	potassâmes /pɔ.ta.sam/	potassâtes /pɔ.ta.sat/	potassèrent /pɔ.ta.sɛʁ/
	future	potasserai /pɔ.ta.sʁe/	potasseras /pɔ.ta.sʁa/	potassera /pɔ.ta.sʁa/	potasserons /pɔ.ta.sʁɔ̃/	potasserez /pɔ.ta.sʁe/	potasseront /pɔ.ta.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	potasserais /pɔ.ta.sʁɛ/	potasserais /pɔ.ta.sʁɛ/	potasserait /pɔ.ta.sʁɛ/	potasserions /pɔ.ta.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	potasseriez /pɔ.ta.sə.ʁje/	potasseraient /pɔ.ta.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	potasse /pɔ.tas/	potasses /pɔ.tas/	potasse /pɔ.tas/	potassions /pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	potassiez /pɔ.ta.sje/	potassent /pɔ.tas/
	imperfect2	potassasse /pɔ.ta.sas/	potassasses /pɔ.ta.sas/	potassât /pɔ.ta.sa/	potassassions /pɔ.ta.sa.sjɔ̃/	potassassiez /pɔ.ta.sa.sje/	potassassent /pɔ.ta.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	potasse /pɔ.tas/	—	potassons /pɔ.ta.sɔ̃/	potassez /pɔ.ta.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

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

Anagrams

• portasse, posteras