superposer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English pose

English superpose

English -er

English superposer

From superpose + -er.

Noun

superposer (plural superposers)

1. One who or that which superposes.

French

Etymology

From super- +‎ poser (after Latin superpōnere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/

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Verb

superposer

1. to superimpose, overlay

Conjugation

Conjugation of superposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	superposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	superposant /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		superposé /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superposes /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superposons /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɔ̃/	superposez /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/	superposent /sy.pɛʁ.poz/
	imperfect	superposais /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/	superposais /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/	superposait /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/	superposions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zjɔ̃/	superposiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zje/	superposaient /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛ/
	past historic2	superposai /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/	superposas /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/	superposa /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/	superposâmes /sy.pɛʁ.po.zam/	superposâtes /sy.pɛʁ.po.zat/	superposèrent /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɛʁ/
	future	superposerai /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁe/	superposeras /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁa/	superposera /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁa/	superposerons /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɔ̃/	superposerez /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁe/	superposeront /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	superposerais /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/	superposerais /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/	superposerait /sy.pɛʁ.poz.ʁɛ/	superposerions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	superposeriez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zə.ʁje/	superposeraient /sy.pɛʁ.poz.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	superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superposes /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	superposions /sy.pɛʁ.po.zjɔ̃/	superposiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.zje/	superposent /sy.pɛʁ.poz/
	imperfect2	superposasse /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/	superposasses /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/	superposât /sy.pɛʁ.po.za/	superposassions /sy.pɛʁ.po.za.sjɔ̃/	superposassiez /sy.pɛʁ.po.za.sje/	superposassent /sy.pɛʁ.po.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	superpose /sy.pɛʁ.poz/	—	superposons /sy.pɛʁ.po.zɔ̃/	superposez /sy.pɛʁ.po.ze/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• oppresseur