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se_redresser
redresser
English
Noun
redresser (plural redressers)
- One who grants or achieves redress.
- Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
- A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
- Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
French
Etymology
From Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- + dresser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.dʁe.se/, /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/
Verb
redresser
- (transitive) to straighten (up)
- (transitive) to rectify, straighten out
- (transitive, figuratively) to restore, turn around
- redresser l'économie ― to put the economy back on its feet
- (reflexive) to recover, regain composure
- (reflexive) to stand up, sit up straight
Conjugation
Conjugation of redresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | redresser | avoir redressé | |||||
| gerund | en redressant | en ayant redressé | |||||
| present participle | redressant /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | redressé /ʁə.dʁɛ.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 | redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redresses /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redressons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
redressez /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ |
redressent /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | redressais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
redressais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
redressait /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
redressions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
redressiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sje/ |
redressaient /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | redressai /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ |
redressas /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ |
redressa /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ |
redressâmes /ʁə.dʁɛ.sam/ |
redressâtes /ʁə.dʁɛ.sat/ |
redressèrent /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | redresserai /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
redresseras /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
redressera /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
redresserons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
redresserez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
redresseront /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | redresserais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
redresserais /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
redresserait /ʁə.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
redresserions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
redresseriez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
redresseraient /ʁə.dʁɛ.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 | redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redresses /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
redressions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
redressiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sje/ |
redressent /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
redressasse /ʁə.dʁɛ.sas/ |
redressasses /ʁə.dʁɛ.sas/ |
redressât /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa/ |
redressassions /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
redressassiez /ʁə.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
redressassent /ʁə.dʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | redresse /ʁə.dʁɛs/ |
— | redressons /ʁə.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
redressez /ʁə.dʁɛ.se/ |
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