resserrer

French

Etymology

From re- (“again”) +‎ serrer (“to tighten”).

Pronunciation

Verb

resserrer

  1. (transitive) to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.)
  2. (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
    Plus l’animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserait autour de son cou.
    The more the animal moved, the more the rope tightened around its neck.
  3. (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
    Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s’est resserrée.
    Since the last staff meeting, discipline has got stricter.
  4. (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
    L’écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
    The distance between the runners is narrowing.

Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple resserrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple resserrant
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle resserré
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserres
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserrons
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/		 resserrent
/ʁə.sɛʁ/
imperfect resserrais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrait
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrions
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserriez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/		 resserraient
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛ/
past historic2 resserrai
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/		 resserras
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserra
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserrâmes
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁam/ or /ʁə.se.ʁam/		 resserrâtes
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁat/ or /ʁə.se.ʁat/		 resserrèrent
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɛʁ/
future resserrerai
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/		 resserreras
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/		 resserrera
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁa/		 resserrerons
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrerez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁe/		 resserreront
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional resserrerais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerait
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerions
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserreriez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.ʁje/		 resserreraient
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.se.ʁə.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 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserres
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserrions
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserriez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁje/		 resserrent
/ʁə.sɛʁ/
imperfect2 resserrasse
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/		 resserrasses
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/		 resserrât
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserrassions
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 resserrassiez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ʁə.se.ʁa.sje/		 resserrassent
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.se.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 — resserrons
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.se.ʁe/		 —
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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