paraphraser
English
Etymology
From paraphrase + -er.
Noun
paraphraser (plural paraphrasers)
- One who paraphrases.
- Synonyms: paraphrasist, paraphrast
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ ~ /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/
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Verb
paraphraser
- paraphrase (to compose a paraphrase)
Conjugation
Conjugation of paraphraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | paraphraser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paraphrasant /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | paraphrasé /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrases /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrasons /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɔ̃/ |
paraphrasez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/ |
paraphrasent /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
| imperfect | paraphrasais /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/ |
paraphrasais /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/ |
paraphrasait /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/ |
paraphrasions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
paraphrasiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zje/ |
paraphrasaient /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | paraphrasai /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.ze/ |
paraphrasas /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/ |
paraphrasa /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/ |
paraphrasâmes /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zam/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zam/ |
paraphrasâtes /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zat/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zat/ |
paraphrasèrent /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | paraphraserai /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁe/ |
paraphraseras /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁa/ |
paraphrasera /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁa/ |
paraphraserons /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ |
paraphraserez /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁe/ |
paraphraseront /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paraphraserais /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
paraphraserais /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
paraphraserait /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
paraphraserions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
paraphraseriez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ |
paraphraseraient /pa.ʁa.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz.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 | paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrases /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
paraphrasions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
paraphrasiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zje/ |
paraphrasent /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | paraphrasasse /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/ |
paraphrasasses /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/ |
paraphrasât /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za/ |
paraphrasassions /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ |
paraphrasassiez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.za.sje/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.za.sje/ |
paraphrasassent /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zas/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | paraphrase /pa.ʁa.fʁaz/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑz/ |
— | paraphrasons /pa.ʁa.fʁa.zɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.zɔ̃/ |
paraphrasez /pa.ʁa.fʁa.ze/ or /pa.ʁa.fʁɑ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “paraphraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.