cosser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cozzare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.se/
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Verb

cosser

  1. (intransitive) to butt (ram heads together)

Conjugation
Conjugation of cosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cossant
/kɔ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cossé
/kɔ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cosse
/kɔs/		 cosses
/kɔs/		 cosse
/kɔs/		 cossons
/kɔ.sɔ̃/		 cossez
/kɔ.se/		 cossent
/kɔs/
imperfect cossais
/kɔ.sɛ/		 cossais
/kɔ.sɛ/		 cossait
/kɔ.sɛ/		 cossions
/kɔ.sjɔ̃/		 cossiez
/kɔ.sje/		 cossaient
/kɔ.sɛ/
past historic2 cossai
/kɔ.se/		 cossas
/kɔ.sa/		 cossa
/kɔ.sa/		 cossâmes
/kɔ.sam/		 cossâtes
/kɔ.sat/		 cossèrent
/kɔ.sɛʁ/
future cosserai
/kɔ.sʁe/		 cosseras
/kɔ.sʁa/		 cossera
/kɔ.sʁa/		 cosserons
/kɔ.sʁɔ̃/		 cosserez
/kɔ.sʁe/		 cosseront
/kɔ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional cosserais
/kɔ.sʁɛ/		 cosserais
/kɔ.sʁɛ/		 cosserait
/kɔ.sʁɛ/		 cosserions
/kɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cosseriez
/kɔ.sə.ʁje/		 cosseraient
/kɔ.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 cosse
/kɔs/		 cosses
/kɔs/		 cosse
/kɔs/		 cossions
/kɔ.sjɔ̃/		 cossiez
/kɔ.sje/		 cossent
/kɔs/
imperfect2 cossasse
/kɔ.sas/		 cossasses
/kɔ.sas/		 cossât
/kɔ.sa/		 cossassions
/kɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 cossassiez
/kɔ.sa.sje/		 cossassent
/kɔ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cosse
/kɔs/		 — cossons
/kɔ.sɔ̃/		 cossez
/kɔ.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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