classer

English

Etymology 1

From class (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

classer (plural classers)

1. One who classes or classifies

Derived terms

• woolclasser
• wool classer

Etymology 2

From class (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

classer (plural classers)

1. (in combination) A member of a particular class
   • 1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     […] although most black middle classers remain personally estranged from European "high art," theoretically they endorse it, and thus admire Marsalis's mastery of its forms.

Anagrams

• carless, Carless, sarcels, Les Arcs, scleras, reclass, sarcles, Caslers, scalers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.se/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Verb

classer

1. (transitive) to classify
2. (transitive) to file
3. (transitive) to rank

Conjugation

Conjugation of classer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	classer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	classant /kla.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		classé /kla.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	classe /klas/	classes /klas/	classe /klas/	classons /kla.sɔ̃/	classez /kla.se/	classent /klas/
	imperfect	classais /kla.sɛ/	classais /kla.sɛ/	classait /kla.sɛ/	classions /kla.sjɔ̃/	classiez /kla.sje/	classaient /kla.sɛ/
	past historic2	classai /kla.se/	classas /kla.sa/	classa /kla.sa/	classâmes /kla.sam/	classâtes /kla.sat/	classèrent /kla.sɛʁ/
	future	classerai /kla.sʁe/	classeras /kla.sʁa/	classera /kla.sʁa/	classerons /kla.sʁɔ̃/	classerez /kla.sʁe/	classeront /kla.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	classerais /kla.sʁɛ/	classerais /kla.sʁɛ/	classerait /kla.sʁɛ/	classerions /kla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	classeriez /kla.sə.ʁje/	classeraient /kla.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	classe /klas/	classes /klas/	classe /klas/	classions /kla.sjɔ̃/	classiez /kla.sje/	classent /klas/
	imperfect2	classasse /kla.sas/	classasses /kla.sas/	classât /kla.sa/	classassions /kla.sa.sjɔ̃/	classassiez /kla.sa.sje/	classassent /kla.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	classe /klas/	—	classons /kla.sɔ̃/	classez /kla.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• déclasser
• interclasser
• sous-classer

Further reading

• “classer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.