ressasser

French
FWOTD – 1 January 2016

Etymology

re- (“again”) +‎ sasser (“to sieve”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.sa.se/

Verb

ressasser

  1. (dated) to sieve again
    Il faut ressasser la farine. ― You have to sieve the flour again.
  2. (figuratively) to think constantly about the same things
    • 1913, Marcel Proust, Swann
      Pendant ce mois où je ressassai comme une mélodie, sans pouvoir m'en rassasier, ces images de Florence, de Venise et de Pise (...) je ne cessai pas de croire qu'elles correspondaient à une réalité indépendante de moi.
  3. (figuratively) to repeat oneself
    • 1958, Jean Rogissart, Passantes d’Octobre, Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris
      Par avance, il sait ce qu'il trouvera d'imparfait, de médiocre, de mal, d'immuable, en dépit des conseils, des admonestations ou reproches qu'il prodigue et ressasse à chaque inspection.

Conjugation
Conjugation of ressasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle ressassant
/ʁə.sa.sɑ̃/
past participle ressassé
/ʁə.sa.se/
infinitive
simple ressasser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ressassant
/ʁə.sa.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 ressasse
/ʁə.sas/		 ressasses
/ʁə.sas/		 ressasse
/ʁə.sas/		 ressassons
/ʁə.sa.sɔ̃/		 ressassez
/ʁə.sa.se/		 ressassent
/ʁə.sas/
imperfect ressassais
/ʁə.sa.sɛ/		 ressassais
/ʁə.sa.sɛ/		 ressassait
/ʁə.sa.sɛ/		 ressassions
/ʁə.sa.sjɔ̃/		 ressassiez
/ʁə.sa.sje/		 ressassaient
/ʁə.sa.sɛ/
past historic2 ressassai
/ʁə.sa.se/		 ressassas
/ʁə.sa.sa/		 ressassa
/ʁə.sa.sa/		 ressassâmes
/ʁə.sa.sam/		 ressassâtes
/ʁə.sa.sat/		 ressassèrent
/ʁə.sa.sɛʁ/
future ressasserai
/ʁə.sa.sʁe/		 ressasseras
/ʁə.sa.sʁa/		 ressassera
/ʁə.sa.sʁa/		 ressasserons
/ʁə.sa.sʁɔ̃/		 ressasserez
/ʁə.sa.sʁe/		 ressasseront
/ʁə.sa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional ressasserais
/ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/		 ressasserais
/ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/		 ressasserait
/ʁə.sa.sʁɛ/		 ressasserions
/ʁə.sa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ressasseriez
/ʁə.sa.sə.ʁje/		 ressasseraient
/ʁə.sa.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 ressasse
/ʁə.sas/		 ressasses
/ʁə.sas/		 ressasse
/ʁə.sas/		 ressassions
/ʁə.sa.sjɔ̃/		 ressassiez
/ʁə.sa.sje/		 ressassent
/ʁə.sas/
imperfect2 ressassasse
/ʁə.sa.sas/		 ressassasses
/ʁə.sa.sas/		 ressassât
/ʁə.sa.sa/		 ressassassions
/ʁə.sa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 ressassassiez
/ʁə.sa.sa.sje/		 ressassassent
/ʁə.sa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ressasse
/ʁə.sas/		 — ressassons
/ʁə.sa.sɔ̃/		 ressassez
/ʁə.sa.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).

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