ramasser

See also: ramâsser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ma.se/, /ʁa.ma.se/ ~ /ʁa.mɑ.se/

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Verb

ramasser

1. (transitive) to pick up
2. (transitive) to collect, gather
3. (reflexive) to huddle up
4. (reflexive) to crouch

Conjugation

Conjugation of ramasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ramasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ramassant /ʁa.ma.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ramassé /ʁa.ma.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ramasse /ʁa.mas/	ramasses /ʁa.mas/	ramasse /ʁa.mas/	ramassons /ʁa.ma.sɔ̃/	ramassez /ʁa.ma.se/	ramassent /ʁa.mas/
	imperfect	ramassais /ʁa.ma.sɛ/	ramassais /ʁa.ma.sɛ/	ramassait /ʁa.ma.sɛ/	ramassions /ʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/	ramassiez /ʁa.ma.sje/	ramassaient /ʁa.ma.sɛ/
	past historic2	ramassai /ʁa.ma.se/	ramassas /ʁa.ma.sa/	ramassa /ʁa.ma.sa/	ramassâmes /ʁa.ma.sam/	ramassâtes /ʁa.ma.sat/	ramassèrent /ʁa.ma.sɛʁ/
	future	ramasserai /ʁa.ma.sʁe/	ramasseras /ʁa.ma.sʁa/	ramassera /ʁa.ma.sʁa/	ramasserons /ʁa.ma.sʁɔ̃/	ramasserez /ʁa.ma.sʁe/	ramasseront /ʁa.ma.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ramasserais /ʁa.ma.sʁɛ/	ramasserais /ʁa.ma.sʁɛ/	ramasserait /ʁa.ma.sʁɛ/	ramasserions /ʁa.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	ramasseriez /ʁa.ma.sə.ʁje/	ramasseraient /ʁa.ma.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	ramasse /ʁa.mas/	ramasses /ʁa.mas/	ramasse /ʁa.mas/	ramassions /ʁa.ma.sjɔ̃/	ramassiez /ʁa.ma.sje/	ramassent /ʁa.mas/
	imperfect2	ramassasse /ʁa.ma.sas/	ramassasses /ʁa.ma.sas/	ramassât /ʁa.ma.sa/	ramassassions /ʁa.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/	ramassassiez /ʁa.ma.sa.sje/	ramassassent /ʁa.ma.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ramasse /ʁa.mas/	—	ramassons /ʁa.ma.sɔ̃/	ramassez /ʁa.ma.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).

Synonyms

• cueillir
• rassembler
• se pelotonner (for se ramasser)

Further reading

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