crosser
See also: Crosser
English
Etymology 1
Noun
crosser (plural crossers)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From cross (adjective) + -er.
Adjective
crosser
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔ.se/
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Verb
crosser
- (sports) to hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”)
- (Quebec, informal) to cheat, to swindle
- (Quebec, vulgar, reflexive) to masturbate, to jack off, to jerk off
Conjugation
Conjugation of crosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | crosser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | crossant /kʁɔ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | crossé /kʁɔ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | crosse /kʁɔs/ |
crosses /kʁɔs/ |
crosse /kʁɔs/ |
crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
crossez /kʁɔ.se/ |
crossent /kʁɔs/ |
| imperfect | crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/ |
crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/ |
crossait /kʁɔ.sɛ/ |
crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/ |
crossaient /kʁɔ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | crossai /kʁɔ.se/ |
crossas /kʁɔ.sa/ |
crossa /kʁɔ.sa/ |
crossâmes /kʁɔ.sam/ |
crossâtes /kʁɔ.sat/ |
crossèrent /kʁɔ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | crosserai /kʁɔ.sʁe/ |
crosseras /kʁɔ.sʁa/ |
crossera /kʁɔ.sʁa/ |
crosserons /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
crosserez /kʁɔ.sʁe/ |
crosseront /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
crosserait /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
crosserions /kʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
crosseriez /kʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
crosseraient /kʁɔ.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 | crosse /kʁɔs/ |
crosses /kʁɔs/ |
crosse /kʁɔs/ |
crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/ |
crossent /kʁɔs/ |
| imperfect2 | crossasse /kʁɔ.sas/ |
crossasses /kʁɔ.sas/ |
crossât /kʁɔ.sa/ |
crossassions /kʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
crossassiez /kʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
crossassent /kʁɔ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | crosse /kʁɔs/ |
— | crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
crossez /kʁɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- (to cheat): crosseur
Further reading
- “crosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.