retrousser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ trousser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tʁu.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

retrousser

1. to hitch up, hike up, roll up, pull up (a garment)

Conjugation

Conjugation of retrousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retrousser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retroussant /ʁə.tʁu.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retroussé /ʁə.tʁu.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retrousse /ʁə.tʁus/	retrousses /ʁə.tʁus/	retrousse /ʁə.tʁus/	retroussons /ʁə.tʁu.sɔ̃/	retroussez /ʁə.tʁu.se/	retroussent /ʁə.tʁus/
	imperfect	retroussais /ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/	retroussais /ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/	retroussait /ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/	retroussions /ʁə.tʁu.sjɔ̃/	retroussiez /ʁə.tʁu.sje/	retroussaient /ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/
	past historic2	retroussai /ʁə.tʁu.se/	retroussas /ʁə.tʁu.sa/	retroussa /ʁə.tʁu.sa/	retroussâmes /ʁə.tʁu.sam/	retroussâtes /ʁə.tʁu.sat/	retroussèrent /ʁə.tʁu.sɛʁ/
	future	retrousserai /ʁə.tʁu.sʁe/	retrousseras /ʁə.tʁu.sʁa/	retroussera /ʁə.tʁu.sʁa/	retrousserons /ʁə.tʁu.sʁɔ̃/	retrousserez /ʁə.tʁu.sʁe/	retrousseront /ʁə.tʁu.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retrousserais /ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/	retrousserais /ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/	retrousserait /ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/	retrousserions /ʁə.tʁu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	retrousseriez /ʁə.tʁu.sə.ʁje/	retrousseraient /ʁə.tʁu.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	retrousse /ʁə.tʁus/	retrousses /ʁə.tʁus/	retrousse /ʁə.tʁus/	retroussions /ʁə.tʁu.sjɔ̃/	retroussiez /ʁə.tʁu.sje/	retroussent /ʁə.tʁus/
	imperfect2	retroussasse /ʁə.tʁu.sas/	retroussasses /ʁə.tʁu.sas/	retroussât /ʁə.tʁu.sa/	retroussassions /ʁə.tʁu.sa.sjɔ̃/	retroussassiez /ʁə.tʁu.sa.sje/	retroussassent /ʁə.tʁu.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retrousse /ʁə.tʁus/	—	retroussons /ʁə.tʁu.sɔ̃/	retroussez /ʁə.tʁu.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).

Derived terms

• retroussement
• retrousser ses manches

Further reading

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