fricasser
French
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *frīgicāre, frequentative of Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), or perhaps a blend of frire (“to fry”) + casser (“to break”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁi.ka.se/
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Verb
fricasser
- to fricassee
- to partake in debauchery
Conjugation
Conjugation of fricasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fricasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fricassant /fʁi.ka.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fricassé /fʁi.ka.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ |
fricasses /fʁi.kas/ |
fricasse /fʁi.kas/ |
fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/ |
fricassez /fʁi.ka.se/ |
fricassent /fʁi.kas/ |
| imperfect | fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ |
fricassais /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ |
fricassait /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ |
fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/ |
fricassaient /fʁi.ka.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fricassai /fʁi.ka.se/ |
fricassas /fʁi.ka.sa/ |
fricassa /fʁi.ka.sa/ |
fricassâmes /fʁi.ka.sam/ |
fricassâtes /fʁi.ka.sat/ |
fricassèrent /fʁi.ka.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | fricasserai /fʁi.ka.sʁe/ |
fricasseras /fʁi.ka.sʁa/ |
fricassera /fʁi.ka.sʁa/ |
fricasserons /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/ |
fricasserez /fʁi.ka.sʁe/ |
fricasseront /fʁi.ka.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ |
fricasserais /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ |
fricasserait /fʁi.ka.sʁɛ/ |
fricasserions /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fricasseriez /fʁi.ka.sə.ʁje/ |
fricasseraient /fʁi.ka.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 | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ |
fricasses /fʁi.kas/ |
fricasse /fʁi.kas/ |
fricassions /fʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
fricassiez /fʁi.ka.sje/ |
fricassent /fʁi.kas/ |
| imperfect2 | fricassasse /fʁi.ka.sas/ |
fricassasses /fʁi.ka.sas/ |
fricassât /fʁi.ka.sa/ |
fricassassions /fʁi.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
fricassassiez /fʁi.ka.sa.sje/ |
fricassassent /fʁi.ka.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fricasse /fʁi.kas/ |
— | fricassons /fʁi.ka.sɔ̃/ |
fricassez /fʁi.ka.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
References
- ^ Dauzat, Albert, Dubois, Jean, Mitterand, Henri (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique et historique, Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading
- “fricasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.