redresser

English

Etymology

redress +‎ -er

Noun

redresser (plural redressers)

1. One who grants redress.
   • Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

     A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- +‎ dresser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ ~ /ʁə.dʁe.se/, /ʁə.dʁe.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

redresser

1. (transitive) to straighten (up)
2. (transitive) to rectify, straighten out
3. (transitive, figuratively) to restore, turn around

   redresser l’économie ― to put the economy back on its feet

4. (reflexive) to recover, regain composure
5. (reflexive) to stand up, sit up straight

Conjugation

Conjugation of redresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redressant /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redressé /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ or /ʁə.dʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redresses /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redressons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɔ̃/	redressez /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ or /ʁə.dʁe.se/	redressent /ʁə.dʁɛs/
	imperfect	redressais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɛ/	redressais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɛ/	redressait /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɛ/	redressions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sjɔ̃/	redressiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sje/	redressaient /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	redressai /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ or /ʁə.dʁe.se/	redressas /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sa/	redressa /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sa/	redressâmes /ʁə.dʁɛ.sam/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sam/	redressâtes /ʁə.dʁɛ.sat/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sat/	redressèrent /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	redresserai /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁe/	redresseras /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁa/	redressera /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁa/	redresserons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/	redresserez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁe/	redresseront /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redresserais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁɛ/	redresserais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁɛ/	redresserait /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sʁɛ/	redresserions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	redresseriez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sə.ʁje/	redresseraient /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.dʁe.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	redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redresses /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/	redressions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sjɔ̃/	redressiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sje/	redressent /ʁə.dʁɛs/
	imperfect2	redressasse /ʁə.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sas/	redressasses /ʁə.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sas/	redressât /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sa/	redressassions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	redressassiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sa.sje/	redressassent /ʁə.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/	—	redressons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.dʁe.sɔ̃/	redressez /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ or /ʁə.dʁe.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

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

Anagrams

• desserrer