agresser
French
Etymology
Initially from Latin aggressus, although the term fell out of use in the 16th century. When it re-entered modern French, likely derived from agressif, on the model of collectif/collecter, régressif/régresser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡʁɛ.se/, /a.ɡʁe.se/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of agresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agressant /a.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agressé /a.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /a.ɡʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agresse /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agresses /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agresse /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agressons /a.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ |
agressez /a.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /a.ɡʁe.se/ |
agressent /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | agressais /a.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
agressais /a.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
agressait /a.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
agressions /a.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
agressiez /a.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /a.ɡʁe.sje/ |
agressaient /a.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agressai /a.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /a.ɡʁe.se/ |
agressas /a.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /a.ɡʁe.sa/ |
agressa /a.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /a.ɡʁe.sa/ |
agressâmes /a.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /a.ɡʁe.sam/ |
agressâtes /a.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /a.ɡʁe.sat/ |
agressèrent /a.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | agresserai /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁe/ |
agresseras /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁa/ |
agressera /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁa/ |
agresserons /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
agresserez /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁe/ |
agresseront /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agresserais /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
agresserais /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
agresserait /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
agresserions /a.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agresseriez /a.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
agresseraient /a.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.ɡʁe.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 | agresse /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agresses /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agresse /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
agressions /a.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
agressiez /a.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /a.ɡʁe.sje/ |
agressent /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | agressasse /a.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /a.ɡʁe.sas/ |
agressasses /a.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /a.ɡʁe.sas/ |
agressât /a.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /a.ɡʁe.sa/ |
agressassions /a.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
agressassiez /a.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.ɡʁe.sa.sje/ |
agressassent /a.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /a.ɡʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agresse /a.ɡʁɛs/ |
— | agressons /a.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ |
agressez /a.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /a.ɡʁe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “agresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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