coasser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coaxāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.a.se/

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Verb

coasser

1. to croak (like a frog)

Conjugation

Conjugation of coasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	coasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coassant /kɔ.a.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coassé /kɔ.a.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	coasse /kɔ.as/	coasses /kɔ.as/	coasse /kɔ.as/	coassons /kɔ.a.sɔ̃/	coassez /kɔ.a.se/	coassent /kɔ.as/
	imperfect	coassais /kɔ.a.sɛ/	coassais /kɔ.a.sɛ/	coassait /kɔ.a.sɛ/	coassions /kɔ.a.sjɔ̃/	coassiez /kɔ.a.sje/	coassaient /kɔ.a.sɛ/
	past historic2	coassai /kɔ.a.se/	coassas /kɔ.a.sa/	coassa /kɔ.a.sa/	coassâmes /kɔ.a.sam/	coassâtes /kɔ.a.sat/	coassèrent /kɔ.a.sɛʁ/
	future	coasserai /kɔ.a.sʁe/	coasseras /kɔ.a.sʁa/	coassera /kɔ.a.sʁa/	coasserons /kɔ.a.sʁɔ̃/	coasserez /kɔ.a.sʁe/	coasseront /kɔ.a.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	coasserais /kɔ.a.sʁɛ/	coasserais /kɔ.a.sʁɛ/	coasserait /kɔ.a.sʁɛ/	coasserions /kɔ.a.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	coasseriez /kɔ.a.sə.ʁje/	coasseraient /kɔ.a.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	coasse /kɔ.as/	coasses /kɔ.as/	coasse /kɔ.as/	coassions /kɔ.a.sjɔ̃/	coassiez /kɔ.a.sje/	coassent /kɔ.as/
	imperfect2	coassasse /kɔ.a.sas/	coassasses /kɔ.a.sas/	coassât /kɔ.a.sa/	coassassions /kɔ.a.sa.sjɔ̃/	coassassiez /kɔ.a.sa.sje/	coassassent /kɔ.a.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	coasse /kɔ.as/	—	coassons /kɔ.a.sɔ̃/	coassez /kɔ.a.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).

Related terms

• coassement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• croasse, croassé, rosaces