desserrer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.se.ʁe/, /de.sɛ.ʁe/
Verb
desserrer
- (transitive) to loosen (knot, belt, etc.)
- Tu devrais desserrer ta cravate si tu ne te sens pas bien.
- (transitive) to unclench (teeth); relax (grip); release (brakes)
- Desserre ta main de mon bras, tu me fais mal !
- Tu n'iras pas loin si tu ne desserres pas le frein à main.
- (transitive, typography) to space out
- (transitive, economics) to ease, relax
- (reflexive) to come loose; to slacken
- Le nœud était mal fait et la corde s'est desserrée.
Conjugation
Conjugation of desserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | desserrant /de.se.ʁɑ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | desserré /de.se.ʁe/ or /de.sɛ.ʁe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | desserrer | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | desserrant /de.se.ʁɑ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserres /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserrons /de.se.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrez /de.se.ʁe/ or /de.sɛ.ʁe/ |
desserrent /de.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect | desserrais /de.se.ʁɛ/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
desserrais /de.se.ʁɛ/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
desserrait /de.se.ʁɛ/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ |
desserrions /de.se.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserriez /de.se.ʁje/ or /de.sɛ.ʁje/ |
desserraient /de.se.ʁɛ/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | desserrai /de.se.ʁe/ or /de.sɛ.ʁe/ |
desserras /de.se.ʁa/ or /de.sɛ.ʁa/ |
desserra /de.se.ʁa/ or /de.sɛ.ʁa/ |
desserrâmes /de.se.ʁam/ or /de.sɛ.ʁam/ |
desserrâtes /de.se.ʁat/ or /de.sɛ.ʁat/ |
desserrèrent /de.se.ʁɛʁ/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | desserrerai /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
desserreras /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
desserrera /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
desserrerons /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrerez /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
desserreront /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | desserrerais /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerais /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerait /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
desserrerions /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserreriez /de.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
desserreraient /de.sɛ.ʁə.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 | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserres /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
desserrions /de.se.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
desserriez /de.se.ʁje/ or /de.sɛ.ʁje/ |
desserrent /de.sɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | desserrasse /de.se.ʁas/ or /de.sɛ.ʁas/ |
desserrasses /de.se.ʁas/ or /de.sɛ.ʁas/ |
desserrât /de.se.ʁa/ or /de.sɛ.ʁa/ |
desserrassions /de.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
desserrassiez /de.se.ʁa.sje/ or /de.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
desserrassent /de.se.ʁas/ or /de.sɛ.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | desserre /de.sɛʁ/ |
— | desserrons /de.se.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
desserrez /de.se.ʁe/ or /de.sɛ.ʁe/ |
— | |
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). |
Related terms
- desserrage
- desserrement
- ne pas desserrer les dents
Further reading
- “desserrer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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