resserrer
French
Etymology
re- (“again”) + serrer (“to tighten”)
Pronunciation
Verb
resserrer
- (transitive) to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.)
- (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
- Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserait autour de son cou.
- (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
- Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
- (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
- L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | resserrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | resserrant /ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | resserré /ʁə.se.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrons /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.se.ʁe/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect | resserrais /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrais /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrait /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.se.ʁje/ |
resserraient /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | resserrai /ʁə.se.ʁe/ |
resserras /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserra /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserrâmes /ʁə.se.ʁam/ |
resserrâtes /ʁə.se.ʁat/ |
resserrèrent /ʁə.se.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | resserrerai /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreras /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrera /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/ |
resserrerons /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrerez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/ |
resserreront /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerais /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerait /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
resserrerions /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserreriez /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁje/ |
resserreraient /ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserres /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
resserrions /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/ |
resserriez /ʁə.se.ʁje/ |
resserrent /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | resserrasse /ʁə.se.ʁas/ |
resserrasses /ʁə.se.ʁas/ |
resserrât /ʁə.se.ʁa/ |
resserrassions /ʁə.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
resserrassiez /ʁə.se.ʁa.sje/ |
resserrassent /ʁə.se.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | resserre /ʁə.sɛʁ/ |
— | resserrons /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/ |
resserrez /ʁə.se.ʁe/ |
— | |
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). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “resserrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.