fausser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French falser, from Late Latin falsāre, from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fo.se/
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Verb

fausser

  1. to falsify, to render invalid
  2. to skew, to distort (a result)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fausser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple faussant
/fo.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle faussé
/fo.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fausse
/fos/ 		fausses
/fos/ 		fausse
/fos/ 		faussons
/fo.sɔ̃/ 		faussez
/fo.se/ 		faussent
/fos/
imperfect faussais
/fo.sɛ/ 		faussais
/fo.sɛ/ 		faussait
/fo.sɛ/ 		faussions
/fo.sjɔ̃/ 		faussiez
/fo.sje/ 		faussaient
/fo.sɛ/
past historic2 faussai
/fo.se/ 		faussas
/fo.sa/ 		faussa
/fo.sa/ 		faussâmes
/fo.sam/ 		faussâtes
/fo.sat/ 		faussèrent
/fo.sɛʁ/
future fausserai
/fo.sʁe/ 		fausseras
/fo.sʁa/ 		faussera
/fo.sʁa/ 		fausserons
/fo.sʁɔ̃/ 		fausserez
/fo.sʁe/ 		fausseront
/fo.sʁɔ̃/
conditional fausserais
/fo.sʁɛ/ 		fausserais
/fo.sʁɛ/ 		fausserait
/fo.sʁɛ/ 		fausserions
/fo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fausseriez
/fo.sə.ʁje/ 		fausseraient
/fo.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 fausse
/fos/ 		fausses
/fos/ 		fausse
/fos/ 		faussions
/fo.sjɔ̃/ 		faussiez
/fo.sje/ 		faussent
/fos/
imperfect2 faussasse
/fo.sas/ 		faussasses
/fo.sas/ 		faussât
/fo.sa/ 		faussassions
/fo.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		faussassiez
/fo.sa.sje/ 		faussassent
/fo.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fausse
/fos/ 		— faussons
/fo.sɔ̃/ 		faussez
/fo.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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