trépasser

See also: trepasser and trépâsser

French

Etymology

From Old French trespasser (“to traverse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁe.pa.se/
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Verb

trépasser

  1. (euphemistic) to cross over; to pass away (to die)

Conjugation
Conjugation of trépasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trépasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trépassant
/tʁe.pa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trépassé
/tʁe.pa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present trépasse
/tʁe.pas/		 trépasses
/tʁe.pas/		 trépasse
/tʁe.pas/		 trépassons
/tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/		 trépassez
/tʁe.pa.se/		 trépassent
/tʁe.pas/
imperfect trépassais
/tʁe.pa.sɛ/		 trépassais
/tʁe.pa.sɛ/		 trépassait
/tʁe.pa.sɛ/		 trépassions
/tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/		 trépassiez
/tʁe.pa.sje/		 trépassaient
/tʁe.pa.sɛ/
past historic2 trépassai
/tʁe.pa.se/		 trépassas
/tʁe.pa.sa/		 trépassa
/tʁe.pa.sa/		 trépassâmes
/tʁe.pa.sam/		 trépassâtes
/tʁe.pa.sat/		 trépassèrent
/tʁe.pa.sɛʁ/
future trépasserai
/tʁe.pa.sʁe/		 trépasseras
/tʁe.pa.sʁa/		 trépassera
/tʁe.pa.sʁa/		 trépasserons
/tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/		 trépasserez
/tʁe.pa.sʁe/		 trépasseront
/tʁe.pa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional trépasserais
/tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/		 trépasserais
/tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/		 trépasserait
/tʁe.pa.sʁɛ/		 trépasserions
/tʁe.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 trépasseriez
/tʁe.pa.sə.ʁje/		 trépasseraient
/tʁe.pa.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 trépasse
/tʁe.pas/		 trépasses
/tʁe.pas/		 trépasse
/tʁe.pas/		 trépassions
/tʁe.pa.sjɔ̃/		 trépassiez
/tʁe.pa.sje/		 trépassent
/tʁe.pas/
imperfect2 trépassasse
/tʁe.pa.sas/		 trépassasses
/tʁe.pa.sas/		 trépassât
/tʁe.pa.sa/		 trépassassions
/tʁe.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 trépassassiez
/tʁe.pa.sa.sje/		 trépassassent
/tʁe.pa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trépasse
/tʁe.pas/		 — trépassons
/tʁe.pa.sɔ̃/		 trépassez
/tʁe.pa.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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