adosser

See also: adôsser

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ dos (“back”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.do.se/
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Verb

adosser

  1. (transitive) to back up (put someone's back (against))
    adosser quelqu’un contre un mur ― to back someone up against a wall
  2. (reflexive) to lean (back)
    s’adosser contre un mur ― to lean (back) against a wall
  3. (reflexive) to back up (put one's back against something)

Conjugation
Conjugation of adosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adossant
/a.do.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adossé
/a.do.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present adosse
/a.dos/		 adosses
/a.dos/		 adosse
/a.dos/		 adossons
/a.do.sɔ̃/		 adossez
/a.do.se/		 adossent
/a.dos/
imperfect adossais
/a.do.sɛ/		 adossais
/a.do.sɛ/		 adossait
/a.do.sɛ/		 adossions
/a.do.sjɔ̃/		 adossiez
/a.do.sje/		 adossaient
/a.do.sɛ/
past historic2 adossai
/a.do.se/		 adossas
/a.do.sa/		 adossa
/a.do.sa/		 adossâmes
/a.do.sam/		 adossâtes
/a.do.sat/		 adossèrent
/a.do.sɛʁ/
future adosserai
/a.do.sʁe/		 adosseras
/a.do.sʁa/		 adossera
/a.do.sʁa/		 adosserons
/a.do.sʁɔ̃/		 adosserez
/a.do.sʁe/		 adosseront
/a.do.sʁɔ̃/
conditional adosserais
/a.do.sʁɛ/		 adosserais
/a.do.sʁɛ/		 adosserait
/a.do.sʁɛ/		 adosserions
/a.do.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 adosseriez
/a.do.sə.ʁje/		 adosseraient
/a.do.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 adosse
/a.dos/		 adosses
/a.dos/		 adosse
/a.dos/		 adossions
/a.do.sjɔ̃/		 adossiez
/a.do.sje/		 adossent
/a.dos/
imperfect2 adossasse
/a.do.sas/		 adossasses
/a.do.sas/		 adossât
/a.do.sa/		 adossassions
/a.do.sa.sjɔ̃/		 adossassiez
/a.do.sa.sje/		 adossassent
/a.do.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adosse
/a.dos/		 — adossons
/a.do.sɔ̃/		 adossez
/a.do.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).

Descendants
  • → Spanish: adosar

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