superposer
French
Etymology
super- + poser (after (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin superponere).
Pronunciation
Verb
superposer
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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.