adresser
Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier, drecer (compare with modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre. Compare Italian indirizzare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dʁe.se/, /a.dʁɛ.se/
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Verb
adresser
Conjugation
Conjugation of adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | adressant /a.dʁe.sɑ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | adressé /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | adresser | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | adressant /a.dʁe.sɑ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressons /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | adressais /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressais /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressait /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
adressions /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁe.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
adressaient /a.dʁe.sɛ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adressai /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
adressas /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressa /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressâmes /a.dʁe.sam/ or /a.dʁɛ.sam/ |
adressâtes /a.dʁe.sat/ or /a.dʁɛ.sat/ |
adressèrent /a.dʁe.sɛʁ/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | adresserai /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
adresseras /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
adressera /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
adresserons /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
adresserez /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
adresseront /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserait /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
adresserions /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adresseriez /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
adresseraient /a.dʁɛ.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 | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressions /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁe.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | adressasse /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/ |
adressasses /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/ |
adressât /a.dʁe.sa/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa/ |
adressassions /a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
adressassiez /a.dʁe.sa.sje/ or /a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
adressassent /a.dʁe.sas/ or /a.dʁɛ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
— | adressons /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁe.se/ or /a.dʁɛ.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | s'adressant /sa.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | adressé /a.dʁɛ.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | s'adresser | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | s'adressant /sa.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'adresse /ma.dʁɛs/ |
t'adresses /ta.dʁɛs/ |
s'adresse /sa.dʁɛs/ |
nous adressons /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
vous adressez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.se/ |
s'adressent /sa.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | m'adressais /ma.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
t'adressais /ta.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
s'adressait /sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ |
nous adressions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
s'adressaient /sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'adressai /ma.dʁɛ.se/ |
t'adressas /ta.dʁɛ.sa/ |
s'adressa /sa.dʁɛ.sa/ |
nous adressâmes /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sam/ |
vous adressâtes /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sat/ |
s'adressèrent /sa.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'adresserai /ma.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
t'adresseras /ta.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
s'adressera /sa.dʁɛ.sʁa/ |
nous adresserons /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
vous adresserez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ |
s'adresseront /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'adresserais /ma.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
t'adresserais /ta.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
s'adresserait /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
nous adresserions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous adresseriez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
s'adresseraient /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'adresse /ma.dʁɛs/ |
t'adresses /ta.dʁɛs/ |
s'adresse /sa.dʁɛs/ |
nous adressions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ |
s'adressent /sa.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | m'adressasse /ma.dʁɛ.sas/ |
t'adressasses /ta.dʁɛ.sas/ |
s'adressât /sa.dʁɛ.sa/ |
nous adressassions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressassiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
s'adressassent /sa.dʁɛ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adresse-toi /a.dʁɛs.twa/ |
— | adressons-nous /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ |
adressez-vous /a.dʁɛ.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “adresser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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