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caresser
caresser
English
Noun
caresser (plural caressers)
- One who caresses.
Translations
one who caresses
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁɛ.se/
Verb
caresser
- to stroke; to caress (to move the hand over the surface of)
- to toy with
- to touch up; put the final touches on.
Conjugation
Conjugation of caresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | caresser | avoir caressé | |||||
| gerund | en caressant | en ayant caressé | |||||
| present participle | caressant /ka.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | caressé /ka.ʁɛ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caresses /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caressons /ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
caressez /ka.ʁɛ.se/ |
caressent /ka.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | caressais /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
caressais /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
caressait /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
caressions /ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
caressiez /ka.ʁɛ.sje/ |
caressaient /ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | caressai /ka.ʁɛ.se/ |
caressas /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ |
caressa /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ |
caressâmes /ka.ʁɛ.sam/ |
caressâtes /ka.ʁɛ.sat/ |
caressèrent /ka.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | caresserai /ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ |
caresseras /ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ |
caressera /ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ |
caresserons /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
caresserez /ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ |
caresseront /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | caresserais /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
caresserais /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
caresserait /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
caresserions /ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caresseriez /ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
caresseraient /ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caresses /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ |
caressions /ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
caressiez /ka.ʁɛ.sje/ |
caressent /ka.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
caressasse /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ |
caressasses /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ |
caressât /ka.ʁɛ.sa/ |
caressassions /ka.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
caressassiez /ka.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
caressassent /ka.ʁɛ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | caresse /ka.ʁɛs/ |
— | caressons /ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
caressez /ka.ʁɛ.se/ |
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