drosser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch drossen, though this could instead be a reverse borrowing; both are probably ultimately from Italian trozza (“gooseneck”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

drosser

1. (transitive, nautical) to put off course

Conjugation

Conjugation of drosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	drosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	drossant /dʁɔ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		drossé /dʁɔ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	drosse /dʁɔs/	drosses /dʁɔs/	drosse /dʁɔs/	drossons /dʁɔ.sɔ̃/	drossez /dʁɔ.se/	drossent /dʁɔs/
	imperfect	drossais /dʁɔ.sɛ/	drossais /dʁɔ.sɛ/	drossait /dʁɔ.sɛ/	drossions /dʁɔ.sjɔ̃/	drossiez /dʁɔ.sje/	drossaient /dʁɔ.sɛ/
	past historic2	drossai /dʁɔ.se/	drossas /dʁɔ.sa/	drossa /dʁɔ.sa/	drossâmes /dʁɔ.sam/	drossâtes /dʁɔ.sat/	drossèrent /dʁɔ.sɛʁ/
	future	drosserai /dʁɔ.sʁe/	drosseras /dʁɔ.sʁa/	drossera /dʁɔ.sʁa/	drosserons /dʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/	drosserez /dʁɔ.sʁe/	drosseront /dʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	drosserais /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/	drosserais /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/	drosserait /dʁɔ.sʁɛ/	drosserions /dʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	drosseriez /dʁɔ.sə.ʁje/	drosseraient /dʁɔ.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	drosse /dʁɔs/	drosses /dʁɔs/	drosse /dʁɔs/	drossions /dʁɔ.sjɔ̃/	drossiez /dʁɔ.sje/	drossent /dʁɔs/
	imperfect2	drossasse /dʁɔ.sas/	drossasses /dʁɔ.sas/	drossât /dʁɔ.sa/	drossassions /dʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/	drossassiez /dʁɔ.sa.sje/	drossassent /dʁɔ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	drosse /dʁɔs/	—	drossons /dʁɔ.sɔ̃/	drossez /dʁɔ.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).

Further reading

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