matelasser

French

Etymology

From matelas (“mattress”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mat.la.se/
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Verb

matelasser

(transitive) to pad, cushion

Conjugation

Conjugation of matelasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	matelasser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	matelassant /mat.la.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		matelassé /mat.la.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	matelasse /mat.las/	matelasses /mat.las/	matelasse /mat.las/	matelassons /mat.la.sɔ̃/	matelassez /mat.la.se/	matelassent /mat.las/
	imperfect	matelassais /mat.la.sɛ/	matelassais /mat.la.sɛ/	matelassait /mat.la.sɛ/	matelassions /mat.la.sjɔ̃/	matelassiez /mat.la.sje/	matelassaient /mat.la.sɛ/
	past historic²	matelassai /mat.la.se/	matelassas /mat.la.sa/	matelassa /mat.la.sa/	matelassâmes /mat.la.sam/	matelassâtes /mat.la.sat/	matelassèrent /mat.la.sɛʁ/
	future	matelasserai /mat.la.sʁe/	matelasseras /mat.la.sʁa/	matelassera /mat.la.sʁa/	matelasserons /mat.la.sʁɔ̃/	matelasserez /mat.la.sʁe/	matelasseront /mat.la.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	matelasserais /mat.la.sʁɛ/	matelasserais /mat.la.sʁɛ/	matelasserait /mat.la.sʁɛ/	matelasserions /mat.la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	matelasseriez /mat.la.sə.ʁje/	matelasseraient /mat.la.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	matelasse /mat.las/	matelasses /mat.las/	matelasse /mat.las/	matelassions /mat.la.sjɔ̃/	matelassiez /mat.la.sje/	matelassent /mat.las/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	matelassasse /mat.la.sas/	matelassasses /mat.la.sas/	matelassât /mat.la.sa/	matelassassions /mat.la.sa.sjɔ̃/	matelassassiez /mat.la.sa.sje/	matelassassent /mat.la.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	matelasse /mat.las/	—	matelassons /mat.la.sɔ̃/	matelassez /mat.la.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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