chasser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃa.se/
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  • Homophone: chassé

Verb

chasser

  1. to hunt
    La lionne utilisera toutes ses forces, même pour chasser un lapin.[1] ― The lioness will use all her strength, even when hunting a rabbit.
  2. to chase
  3. to drive off
  4. (intransitive, dance) to chassé

Conjugation
Conjugation of chasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chassant
/ʃa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chassé
/ʃa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chasse
/ʃas/		 chasses
/ʃas/		 chasse
/ʃas/		 chassons
/ʃa.sɔ̃/		 chassez
/ʃa.se/		 chassent
/ʃas/
imperfect chassais
/ʃa.sɛ/		 chassais
/ʃa.sɛ/		 chassait
/ʃa.sɛ/		 chassions
/ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 chassiez
/ʃa.sje/		 chassaient
/ʃa.sɛ/
past historic2 chassai
/ʃa.se/		 chassas
/ʃa.sa/		 chassa
/ʃa.sa/		 chassâmes
/ʃa.sam/		 chassâtes
/ʃa.sat/		 chassèrent
/ʃa.sɛʁ/
future chasserai
/ʃa.sʁe/		 chasseras
/ʃa.sʁa/		 chassera
/ʃa.sʁa/		 chasserons
/ʃa.sʁɔ̃/		 chasserez
/ʃa.sʁe/		 chasseront
/ʃa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional chasserais
/ʃa.sʁɛ/		 chasserais
/ʃa.sʁɛ/		 chasserait
/ʃa.sʁɛ/		 chasserions
/ʃa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chasseriez
/ʃa.sə.ʁje/		 chasseraient
/ʃa.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 chasse
/ʃas/		 chasses
/ʃas/		 chasse
/ʃas/		 chassions
/ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 chassiez
/ʃa.sje/		 chassent
/ʃas/
imperfect2 chassasse
/ʃa.sas/		 chassasses
/ʃa.sas/		 chassât
/ʃa.sa/		 chassassions
/ʃa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 chassassiez
/ʃa.sa.sje/		 chassassent
/ʃa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chasse
/ʃas/		 — chassons
/ʃa.sɔ̃/		 chassez
/ʃa.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
  • → German: schassen

References
  1. Tatoeba No. 12348857

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