progresser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/, /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se/

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Verb

progresser

1. to progress (to show a progression)

Conjugation

Conjugation of progresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	progresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	progressant /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		progressé /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	progresse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progresses /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progresse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progressons /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	progressez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se/	progressent /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect	progressais /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɛ/	progressais /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɛ/	progressait /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɛ/	progressions /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	progressiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sje/	progressaient /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	progressai /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.se/	progressas /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sa/	progressa /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sa/	progressâmes /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sam/	progressâtes /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sat/	progressèrent /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	progresserai /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁe/	progresseras /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁa/	progressera /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁa/	progresserons /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/	progresserez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁe/	progresseront /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	progresserais /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	progresserais /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	progresserait /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	progresserions /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	progresseriez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/	progresseraient /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.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	progresse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progresses /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progresse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	progressions /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	progressiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sje/	progressent /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect2	progressasse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sas/	progressasses /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sas/	progressât /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sa/	progressassions /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	progressassiez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sa.sje/	progressassent /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	progresse /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛs/	—	progressons /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	progressez /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.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).

Related terms

• progrès
• progressif
• progression

Further reading

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