empresser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ presser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/, /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/
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Verb

empresser

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, ~ de faire) to hasten
    Synonym: hâter
  2. (reflexive, literary, of crowd) to mass, to gather

Conjugation
Conjugation of empresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple empresser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple empressant
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle empressé
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present empresse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empresses
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empresse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empressons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/		 empressez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/		 empressent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/
imperfect empressais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/		 empressais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/		 empressait
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/		 empressions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/		 empressiez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/		 empressaient
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 empressai
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/		 empressas
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/		 empressa
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/		 empressâmes
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sam/		 empressâtes
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sat/		 empressèrent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛʁ/
future empresserai
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/		 empresseras
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/		 empressera
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/		 empresserons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/		 empresserez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/		 empresseront
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional empresserais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/		 empresserais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/		 empresserait
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/		 empresserions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 empresseriez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁje/		 empresseraient
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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 empresse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empresses
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empresse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 empressions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/		 empressiez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/		 empressent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/
imperfect2 empressasse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/		 empressasses
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/		 empressât
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/		 empressassions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/		 empressassiez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sje/		 empressassent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empresse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛs/		 — empressons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/		 empressez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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).

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