brosser

Dutch

Etymology

From brossen (“to ditch class”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.sər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bros‧ser
  • Rhymes: -ɔsər

Noun

brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)

  1. (Belgium, informal) A truant, who skips class.
    Synonym: spijbelaar

French

Etymology

From brosse (“a brush”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔ.se/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Verb

brosser

  1. (transitive) to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush)
  2. (transitive) to whip, to beat (to defeat)
  3. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class

Conjugation
Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple brosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple brossant
/bʁɔ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle brossé
/bʁɔ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present brosse
/bʁɔs/		 brosses
/bʁɔs/		 brosse
/bʁɔs/		 brossons
/bʁɔ.sɔ̃/		 brossez
/bʁɔ.se/		 brossent
/bʁɔs/
imperfect brossais
/bʁɔ.sɛ/		 brossais
/bʁɔ.sɛ/		 brossait
/bʁɔ.sɛ/		 brossions
/bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/		 brossiez
/bʁɔ.sje/		 brossaient
/bʁɔ.sɛ/
past historic2 brossai
/bʁɔ.se/		 brossas
/bʁɔ.sa/		 brossa
/bʁɔ.sa/		 brossâmes
/bʁɔ.sam/		 brossâtes
/bʁɔ.sat/		 brossèrent
/bʁɔ.sɛʁ/
future brosserai
/bʁɔ.sʁe/		 brosseras
/bʁɔ.sʁa/		 brossera
/bʁɔ.sʁa/		 brosserons
/bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/		 brosserez
/bʁɔ.sʁe/		 brosseront
/bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional brosserais
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/		 brosserais
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/		 brosserait
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/		 brosserions
/bʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 brosseriez
/bʁɔ.sə.ʁje/		 brosseraient
/bʁɔ.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 brosse
/bʁɔs/		 brosses
/bʁɔs/		 brosse
/bʁɔs/		 brossions
/bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/		 brossiez
/bʁɔ.sje/		 brossent
/bʁɔs/
imperfect2 brossasse
/bʁɔ.sas/		 brossasses
/bʁɔ.sas/		 brossât
/bʁɔ.sa/		 brossassions
/bʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 brossassiez
/bʁɔ.sa.sje/		 brossassent
/bʁɔ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brosse
/bʁɔs/		 — brossons
/bʁɔ.sɔ̃/		 brossez
/bʁɔ.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
  • → Dutch: brossen

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