arroser

See also: arrôser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrōsāre, from Latin rōs (“dew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ʁo.ze/
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Verb

arroser

  1. to water (e.g. plants)
  2. to sprinkle
  3. to squirt
  4. to spray
    arroser de balles ― spray with bullets
  5. to celebrate (with a drink)
    arroser une victoire ― to celebrate a victory (by drinking)
  6. to grease someone's palm, to bribe

Conjugation
Conjugation of arroser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arroser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arrosant
/a.ʁo.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle arrosé
/a.ʁo.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arroses
/a.ʁoz/		 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arrosons
/a.ʁo.zɔ̃/		 arrosez
/a.ʁo.ze/		 arrosent
/a.ʁoz/
imperfect arrosais
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosais
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosait
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosions
/a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/		 arrosiez
/a.ʁo.zje/		 arrosaient
/a.ʁo.zɛ/
past historic2 arrosai
/a.ʁo.ze/		 arrosas
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosa
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosâmes
/a.ʁo.zam/		 arrosâtes
/a.ʁo.zat/		 arrosèrent
/a.ʁo.zɛʁ/
future arroserai
/a.ʁoz.ʁe/		 arroseras
/a.ʁoz.ʁa/		 arrosera
/a.ʁoz.ʁa/		 arroserons
/a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/		 arroserez
/a.ʁoz.ʁe/		 arroseront
/a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional arroserais
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserais
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserait
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserions
/a.ʁo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 arroseriez
/a.ʁo.zə.ʁje/		 arroseraient
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/
(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 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arroses
/a.ʁoz/		 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arrosions
/a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/		 arrosiez
/a.ʁo.zje/		 arrosent
/a.ʁoz/
imperfect2 arrosasse
/a.ʁo.zas/		 arrosasses
/a.ʁo.zas/		 arrosât
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosassions
/a.ʁo.za.sjɔ̃/		 arrosassiez
/a.ʁo.za.sje/		 arrosassent
/a.ʁo.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 — arrosons
/a.ʁo.zɔ̃/		 arrosez
/a.ʁo.ze/		 —
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).

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