causer

English

Etymology

cause +‎ -er

Noun

causer (plural causers)

  1. someone or something that causes or produces an effect.

Synonyms

References
  • The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ko.ze/
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Etymology 1

From cause.

Verb

causer

  1. to cause, to be the cause of
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin causari.

Verb

causer

  1. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)
    Tu causes le céfran, mec ?
    You speak frog, dude?
  2. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
    De quoi il cause ?
    Whats he banging on about?
Conjugation
Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle causant
/ko.zɑ̃/
past participle causé
/ko.ze/
infinitive
simple causer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple causant
/ko.zɑ̃/
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 cause
/koz/		 causes
/koz/		 cause
/koz/		 causons
/ko.zɔ̃/		 causez
/ko.ze/		 causent
/koz/
imperfect causais
/ko.zɛ/		 causais
/ko.zɛ/		 causait
/ko.zɛ/		 causions
/ko.zjɔ̃/		 causiez
/ko.zje/		 causaient
/ko.zɛ/
past historic2 causai
/ko.ze/		 causas
/ko.za/		 causa
/ko.za/		 causâmes
/ko.zam/		 causâtes
/ko.zat/		 causèrent
/ko.zɛʁ/
future causerai
/koz.ʁe/		 causeras
/koz.ʁa/		 causera
/koz.ʁa/		 causerons
/koz.ʁɔ̃/		 causerez
/koz.ʁe/		 causeront
/koz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional causerais
/koz.ʁɛ/		 causerais
/koz.ʁɛ/		 causerait
/koz.ʁɛ/		 causerions
/ko.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 causeriez
/ko.zə.ʁje/		 causeraient
/koz.ʁɛ/
(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 cause
/koz/		 causes
/koz/		 cause
/koz/		 causions
/ko.zjɔ̃/		 causiez
/ko.zje/		 causent
/koz/
imperfect2 causasse
/ko.zas/		 causasses
/ko.zas/		 causât
/ko.za/		 causassions
/ko.za.sjɔ̃/		 causassiez
/ko.za.sje/		 causassent
/ko.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cause
/koz/		 — causons
/ko.zɔ̃/		 causez
/ko.ze/		 —
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).
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Latin

Verb

causer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor
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