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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