concasser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conquaisser, from Latin conquassāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ka.se/
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Verb

concasser

  1. (transitive) to crush, to grind, to reduce (a hard or dry substance like sugar or pepper) to small pieces, as with a pestle or hammer
  2. (transitive) to dice (a tomato) after removing seeds and skin

Conjugation
Conjugation of concasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple concasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple concassant
/kɔ̃.ka.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle concassé
/kɔ̃.ka.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present concasse
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concasses
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concasse
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concassons
/kɔ̃.ka.sɔ̃/		 concassez
/kɔ̃.ka.se/		 concassent
/kɔ̃.kas/
imperfect concassais
/kɔ̃.ka.sɛ/		 concassais
/kɔ̃.ka.sɛ/		 concassait
/kɔ̃.ka.sɛ/		 concassions
/kɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/		 concassiez
/kɔ̃.ka.sje/		 concassaient
/kɔ̃.ka.sɛ/
past historic2 concassai
/kɔ̃.ka.se/		 concassas
/kɔ̃.ka.sa/		 concassa
/kɔ̃.ka.sa/		 concassâmes
/kɔ̃.ka.sam/		 concassâtes
/kɔ̃.ka.sat/		 concassèrent
/kɔ̃.ka.sɛʁ/
future concasserai
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁe/		 concasseras
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁa/		 concassera
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁa/		 concasserons
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁɔ̃/		 concasserez
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁe/		 concasseront
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁɔ̃/
conditional concasserais
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁɛ/		 concasserais
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁɛ/		 concasserait
/kɔ̃.ka.sʁɛ/		 concasserions
/kɔ̃.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 concasseriez
/kɔ̃.ka.sə.ʁje/		 concasseraient
/kɔ̃.ka.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 concasse
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concasses
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concasse
/kɔ̃.kas/		 concassions
/kɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/		 concassiez
/kɔ̃.ka.sje/		 concassent
/kɔ̃.kas/
imperfect2 concassasse
/kɔ̃.ka.sas/		 concassasses
/kɔ̃.ka.sas/		 concassât
/kɔ̃.ka.sa/		 concassassions
/kɔ̃.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/		 concassassiez
/kɔ̃.ka.sa.sje/		 concassassent
/kɔ̃.ka.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — concasse
/kɔ̃.kas/		 — concassons
/kɔ̃.ka.sɔ̃/		 concassez
/kɔ̃.ka.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).

Descendants
  • → English: concassé, concassed

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