retrousser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ trousser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tʁu.se/
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Verb

retrousser

  1. to hitch up, hike up, roll up, pull up (a garment)

Conjugation

Conjugation of retrousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retrousser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retroussant
/ʁə.tʁu.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retroussé
/ʁə.tʁu.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retrousse
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retrousses
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retrousse
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retroussons
/ʁə.tʁu.sɔ̃/ 		retroussez
/ʁə.tʁu.se/ 		retroussent
/ʁə.tʁus/
imperfect retroussais
/ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/ 		retroussais
/ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/ 		retroussait
/ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/ 		retroussions
/ʁə.tʁu.sjɔ̃/ 		retroussiez
/ʁə.tʁu.sje/ 		retroussaient
/ʁə.tʁu.sɛ/
past historic2 retroussai
/ʁə.tʁu.se/ 		retroussas
/ʁə.tʁu.sa/ 		retroussa
/ʁə.tʁu.sa/ 		retroussâmes
/ʁə.tʁu.sam/ 		retroussâtes
/ʁə.tʁu.sat/ 		retroussèrent
/ʁə.tʁu.sɛʁ/
future retrousserai
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁe/ 		retrousseras
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁa/ 		retroussera
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁa/ 		retrousserons
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁɔ̃/ 		retrousserez
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁe/ 		retrousseront
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁɔ̃/
conditional retrousserais
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/ 		retrousserais
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/ 		retrousserait
/ʁə.tʁu.sʁɛ/ 		retrousserions
/ʁə.tʁu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		retrousseriez
/ʁə.tʁu.sə.ʁje/ 		retrousseraient
/ʁə.tʁu.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 retrousse
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retrousses
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retrousse
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		retroussions
/ʁə.tʁu.sjɔ̃/ 		retroussiez
/ʁə.tʁu.sje/ 		retroussent
/ʁə.tʁus/
imperfect2 retroussasse
/ʁə.tʁu.sas/ 		retroussasses
/ʁə.tʁu.sas/ 		retroussât
/ʁə.tʁu.sa/ 		retroussassions
/ʁə.tʁu.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		retroussassiez
/ʁə.tʁu.sa.sje/ 		retroussassent
/ʁə.tʁu.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retrousse
/ʁə.tʁus/ 		— retroussons
/ʁə.tʁu.sɔ̃/ 		retroussez
/ʁə.tʁu.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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: retroussé

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