trépasser
French
Etymology
From Old French trespasser (“to traverse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁe.pa.se/
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Verb
trépasser
- (euphemistic) to cross over; to pass away (to die)
Conjugation
Conjugation of trépasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | trépasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | trépassant /tʁe.pa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | trépassé /tʁe.pa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ |
trépasses /tʁe.pas/ |
trépasse /tʁe.pas/ |
trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/ |
trépassez /tʁe.pa.se/ |
trépassent /tʁe.pas/ |
| imperfect | trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ |
trépassais /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ |
trépassait /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ |
trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/ |
trépassaient /tʁe.pa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | trépassai /tʁe.pa.se/ |
trépassas /tʁe.pa.sa/ |
trépassa /tʁe.pa.sa/ |
trépassâmes /tʁe.pa.sam/ |
trépassâtes /tʁe.pa.sat/ |
trépassèrent /tʁe.pa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | trépasserai /tʁe.pa.sʁe/ |
trépasseras /tʁe.pa.sʁa/ |
trépassera /tʁe.pa.sʁa/ |
trépasserons /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/ |
trépasserez /tʁe.pa.sʁe/ |
trépasseront /tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ |
trépasserais /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ |
trépasserait /tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/ |
trépasserions /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trépasseriez /tʁe.pa.sə.ʁje/ |
trépasseraient /tʁe.pa.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 | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ |
trépasses /tʁe.pas/ |
trépasse /tʁe.pas/ |
trépassions /tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
trépassiez /tʁe.pa.sje/ |
trépassent /tʁe.pas/ |
| imperfect2 | trépassasse /tʁe.pa.sas/ |
trépassasses /tʁe.pa.sas/ |
trépassât /tʁe.pa.sa/ |
trépassassions /tʁe.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
trépassassiez /tʁe.pa.sa.sje/ |
trépassassent /tʁe.pa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | trépasse /tʁe.pas/ |
— | trépassons /tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/ |
trépassez /tʁe.pa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “trépasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.