imposer
English
References
- “imposer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “imposer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imponere, and modeled after French im- + poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.po.ze/
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Verb
imposer
- to impose
- to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
- Le régime s’est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.
- The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.
- (reflexive) to triumph, to win
- Il s’est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.
- On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.
- (reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself
- (reflexive) to be required, to be called for
- Quelques précisions s’imposent.
- Some clarifications are called for.
Conjugation
Conjugation of imposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | imposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | imposant /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | imposé /ɛ̃.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposes /ɛ̃.poz/ |
impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposons /ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ |
imposez /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
imposent /ɛ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect | imposais /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposais /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposait /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ |
imposions /ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ |
imposiez /ɛ̃.po.zje/ |
imposaient /ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | imposai /ɛ̃.po.ze/ |
imposas /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposa /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposâmes /ɛ̃.po.zam/ |
imposâtes /ɛ̃.po.zat/ |
imposèrent /ɛ̃.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | imposerai /ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ |
imposeras /ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ |
imposera /ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ |
imposerons /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
imposerez /ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ |
imposeront /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | imposerais /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerais /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerait /ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ |
imposerions /ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imposeriez /ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁje/ |
imposeraient /ɛ̃.poz.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 | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposes /ɛ̃.poz/ |
impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
imposions /ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ |
imposiez /ɛ̃.po.zje/ |
imposent /ɛ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | imposasse /ɛ̃.po.zas/ |
imposasses /ɛ̃.po.zas/ |
imposât /ɛ̃.po.za/ |
imposassions /ɛ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
imposassiez /ɛ̃.po.za.sje/ |
imposassent /ɛ̃.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | impose /ɛ̃.poz/ |
— | imposons /ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ |
imposez /ɛ̃.po.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “imposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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