tasser

French

Etymology

From tas +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.se/ ~ /tɑ.se/

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Verb

tasser

1. to pile together, to put into a pile
2. to compress or to pack vertically
3. (pronominal) (for a person) to shrink, e.g. with age
4. (pronominal) (for things) to sort itself out with time

Conjugation

Conjugation of tasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tassant /ta.sɑ̃/ or /tɑ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tassé /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/	tasses /tas/ or /tɑs/	tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/	tassons /ta.sɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sɔ̃/	tassez /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/	tassent /tas/ or /tɑs/
	imperfect	tassais /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/	tassais /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/	tassait /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/	tassions /ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sjɔ̃/	tassiez /ta.sje/ or /tɑ.sje/	tassaient /ta.sɛ/ or /tɑ.sɛ/
	past historic2	tassai /ta.se/ or /tɑ.se/	tassas /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/	tassa /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/	tassâmes /ta.sam/ or /tɑ.sam/	tassâtes /ta.sat/ or /tɑ.sat/	tassèrent /ta.sɛʁ/ or /tɑ.sɛʁ/
	future	tasserai /ta.sʁe/ or /tɑ.sʁe/	tasseras /ta.sʁa/ or /tɑ.sʁa/	tassera /ta.sʁa/ or /tɑ.sʁa/	tasserons /ta.sʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sʁɔ̃/	tasserez /ta.sʁe/ or /tɑ.sʁe/	tasseront /ta.sʁɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tasserais /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/	tasserais /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/	tasserait /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.sʁɛ/	tasserions /ta.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	tasseriez /ta.sə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.sə.ʁje/	tasseraient /ta.sʁɛ/ or /tɑ.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	tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/	tasses /tas/ or /tɑs/	tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/	tassions /ta.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sjɔ̃/	tassiez /ta.sje/ or /tɑ.sje/	tassent /tas/ or /tɑs/
	imperfect2	tassasse /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/	tassasses /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/	tassât /ta.sa/ or /tɑ.sa/	tassassions /ta.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/	tassassiez /ta.sa.sje/ or /tɑ.sa.sje/	tassassent /ta.sas/ or /tɑ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tasse /tas/ or /tɑs/	—	tassons /ta.sɔ̃/ or /tɑ.sɔ̃/	tassez /ta.se/ or /tɑ.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

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

Anagrams

• astres, restas, stéras, tersas, tressa