cosser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cozzare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.se/
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Verb

cosser

  1. (intransitive) to butt (ram heads together)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cossant
/kɔ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cossé
/kɔ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cosse
/kɔs/ 		cosses
/kɔs/ 		cosse
/kɔs/ 		cossons
/kɔ.sɔ̃/ 		cossez
/kɔ.se/ 		cossent
/kɔs/
imperfect cossais
/kɔ.sɛ/ 		cossais
/kɔ.sɛ/ 		cossait
/kɔ.sɛ/ 		cossions
/kɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		cossiez
/kɔ.sje/ 		cossaient
/kɔ.sɛ/
past historic2 cossai
/kɔ.se/ 		cossas
/kɔ.sa/ 		cossa
/kɔ.sa/ 		cossâmes
/kɔ.sam/ 		cossâtes
/kɔ.sat/ 		cossèrent
/kɔ.sɛʁ/
future cosserai
/kɔ.sʁe/ 		cosseras
/kɔ.sʁa/ 		cossera
/kɔ.sʁa/ 		cosserons
/kɔ.sʁɔ̃/ 		cosserez
/kɔ.sʁe/ 		cosseront
/kɔ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional cosserais
/kɔ.sʁɛ/ 		cosserais
/kɔ.sʁɛ/ 		cosserait
/kɔ.sʁɛ/ 		cosserions
/kɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cosseriez
/kɔ.sə.ʁje/ 		cosseraient
/kɔ.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 cosse
/kɔs/ 		cosses
/kɔs/ 		cosse
/kɔs/ 		cossions
/kɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		cossiez
/kɔ.sje/ 		cossent
/kɔs/
imperfect2 cossasse
/kɔ.sas/ 		cossasses
/kɔ.sas/ 		cossât
/kɔ.sa/ 		cossassions
/kɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		cossassiez
/kɔ.sa.sje/ 		cossassent
/kɔ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cosse
/kɔs/ 		— cossons
/kɔ.sɔ̃/ 		cossez
/kɔ.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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