blesser
English
French
Etymology
From Middle French blesser, from Old French blecier (“to injure, hurt”), from Frankish *blētjan (“to bruise”), from Proto-Germanic *blaitijaną (“to discolour, bruise”), from *blaitaz (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlAid- (“pale, pallid”). Cognate with Old High German bleiza, bleizza (“livor, bruise”), Old English blāt (“pale, livid”). More at blate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ble.se/
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Verb
blesser
- to wound, to injure.
- Il a été blessé par un coup de poignard au niveau des muscles abdominaux.
- (figuratively) to hurt one's feelings, to offend
- (reflexive) to injure oneself
- Je me suis blessé le pied droit.
Conjugation
Conjugation of blesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | blessant /ble.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | blessé /ble.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | blesser | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | blessant /ble.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 | blesse /blɛs/ |
blesses /blɛs/ |
blesse /blɛs/ |
blessons /ble.sɔ̃/ |
blessez /ble.se/ |
blessent /blɛs/ |
| imperfect | blessais /ble.sɛ/ |
blessais /ble.sɛ/ |
blessait /ble.sɛ/ |
blessions /ble.sjɔ̃/ |
blessiez /ble.sje/ |
blessaient /ble.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | blessai /ble.se/ |
blessas /ble.sa/ |
blessa /ble.sa/ |
blessâmes /ble.sam/ |
blessâtes /ble.sat/ |
blessèrent /ble.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | blesserai /blɛ.sʁe/ |
blesseras /blɛ.sʁa/ |
blessera /blɛ.sʁa/ |
blesserons /blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
blesserez /blɛ.sʁe/ |
blesseront /blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blesserais /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserais /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserait /blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
blesserions /blɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blesseriez /blɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
blesseraient /blɛ.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 | blesse /blɛs/ |
blesses /blɛs/ |
blesse /blɛs/ |
blessions /ble.sjɔ̃/ |
blessiez /ble.sje/ |
blessent /blɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | blessasse /ble.sas/ |
blessasses /ble.sas/ |
blessât /ble.sa/ |
blessassions /ble.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
blessassiez /ble.sa.sje/ |
blessassent /ble.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blesse /blɛs/ |
— | blessons /ble.sɔ̃/ |
blessez /ble.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 se blesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se blessant /sə blɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | blessé /blɛ.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se blesser | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se blessant /sə blɛ.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 | me blesse /mə blɛs/ |
te blesses /tə blɛs/ |
se blesse /sə blɛs/ |
nous blessons /nu blɛ.sɔ̃/ |
vous blessez /vu blɛ.se/ |
se blessent /sə blɛs/ |
| imperfect | me blessais /mə blɛ.sɛ/ |
te blessais /tə blɛ.sɛ/ |
se blessait /sə blɛ.sɛ/ |
nous blessions /nu blɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous blessiez /vu blɛ.sje/ |
se blessaient /sə blɛ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me blessai /mə blɛ.se/ |
te blessas /tə blɛ.sa/ |
se blessa /sə blɛ.sa/ |
nous blessâmes /nu blɛ.sam/ |
vous blessâtes /vu blɛ.sat/ |
se blessèrent /sə blɛ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | me blesserai /mə blɛ.sʁe/ |
te blesseras /tə blɛ.sʁa/ |
se blessera /sə blɛ.sʁa/ |
nous blesserons /nu blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
vous blesserez /vu blɛ.sʁe/ |
se blesseront /sə blɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me blesserais /mə blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
te blesserais /tə blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
se blesserait /sə blɛ.sʁɛ/ |
nous blesserions /nu blɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous blesseriez /vu blɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
se blesseraient /sə blɛ.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 | me blesse /mə blɛs/ |
te blesses /tə blɛs/ |
se blesse /sə blɛs/ |
nous blessions /nu blɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
vous blessiez /vu blɛ.sje/ |
se blessent /sə blɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | me blessasse /mə blɛ.sas/ |
te blessasses /tə blɛ.sas/ |
se blessât /sə blɛ.sa/ |
nous blessassions /nu blɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous blessassiez /vu blɛ.sa.sje/ |
se blessassent /sə blɛ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blesse-toi /blɛs.twa/ |
— | blessons-nous /blɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ |
blessez-vous /blɛ.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “blesser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Old French [Term?], see above.
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of blesser
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blesser | avoir blessé | |||||
| gerund | en blessant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | blessant | ||||||
| past participle | blessé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | blesse | blesses | blesse | blessons | blessez | blessent |
| imperfect | blessois, blessoys | blessois, blessoys | blessoit, blessoyt | blessions, blessyons | blessiez, blessyez | blessoient, blessoyent | |
| past historic | blessa | blessas | blessa | blessasmes | blessastes | blesserent | |
| future | blesserai, blesseray | blesseras | blessera | blesserons | blesserez | blesseront | |
| conditional | blesserois, blesseroys | blesserois, blesseroys | blesseroit, blesseroyt | blesserions, blesseryons | blesseriez, blesseryez | blesseroient, blesseroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | blesse | blesses | blesse | blessons | blessez | blessent |
| imperfect | blessasse | blessasses | blessast | blessassions | blessassiez | blessassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | blesse | — | blessons | blessez | — | ||
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