adresser

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Danish

Noun

adresser c

  1. indefinite plural of adresse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier, drecer (compare with modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrēctus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre. Compare Italian indirizzare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dʁɛ.se/ ~ /a.dʁe.se/
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Verb

adresser

  1. (transitive) to direct
  2. (reflexive) to address
    Est-ce qu’il s’adressait à la table?
    Has he been addressing the table?

Conjugation

Conjugation of adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adresser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adressant
/a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adressé
/a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present adresse
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adresses
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adresse
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adressons
/a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ 		adressez
/a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ 		adressent
/a.dʁɛs/
imperfect adressais
/a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ 		adressais
/a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ 		adressait
/a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ 		adressions
/a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		adressiez
/a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sje/ 		adressaient
/a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 adressai
/a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ 		adressas
/a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ 		adressa
/a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ 		adressâmes
/a.dʁɛ.sam/ or /a.dʁe.sam/ 		adressâtes
/a.dʁɛ.sat/ or /a.dʁe.sat/ 		adressèrent
/a.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛʁ/
future adresserai
/a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/ 		adresseras
/a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/ 		adressera
/a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/ 		adresserons
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		adresserez
/a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/ 		adresseront
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional adresserais
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		adresserais
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		adresserait
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		adresserions
/a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		adresseriez
/a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		adresseraient
/a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.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 adresse
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adresses
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adresse
/a.dʁɛs/ 		adressions
/a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		adressiez
/a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sje/ 		adressent
/a.dʁɛs/
imperfect2 adressasse
/a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/ 		adressasses
/a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/ 		adressât
/a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ 		adressassions
/a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		adressassiez
/a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sa.sje/ 		adressassent
/a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adresse
/a.dʁɛs/ 		— adressons
/a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ 		adressez
/a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of s'adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'adresser
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’adressant
/sa.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sa.dʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle adressé
/a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’adresse
/ma.dʁɛs/ 		t’adresses
/ta.dʁɛs/ 		s’adresse
/sa.dʁɛs/ 		nous adressons
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ 		vous adressez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.se/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.se/ 		s’adressent
/sa.dʁɛs/
imperfect m’adressais
/ma.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ma.dʁe.sɛ/ 		t’adressais
/ta.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ta.dʁe.sɛ/ 		s’adressait
/sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛ/ 		nous adressions
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		vous adressiez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sje/ 		s’adressaient
/sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 m’adressai
/ma.dʁɛ.se/ or /ma.dʁe.se/ 		t’adressas
/ta.dʁɛ.sa/ or /ta.dʁe.sa/ 		s’adressa
/sa.dʁɛ.sa/ or /sa.dʁe.sa/ 		nous adressâmes
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sam/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sam/ 		vous adressâtes
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sat/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sat/ 		s’adressèrent
/sa.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛʁ/
future m’adresserai
/ma.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ma.dʁe.sʁe/ 		t’adresseras
/ta.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ta.dʁe.sʁa/ 		s’adressera
/sa.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁa/ 		nous adresserons
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		vous adresserez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sʁe/ 		s’adresseront
/sa.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional m’adresserais
/ma.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ma.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		t’adresserais
/ta.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ta.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		s’adresserait
/sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɛ/ 		nous adresserions
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous adresseriez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		s’adresseraient
/sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’adresse
/ma.dʁɛs/ 		t’adresses
/ta.dʁɛs/ 		s’adresse
/sa.dʁɛs/ 		nous adressions
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		vous adressiez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sje/ 		s’adressent
/sa.dʁɛs/
imperfect2 m’adressasse
/ma.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ma.dʁe.sas/ 		t’adressasses
/ta.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ta.dʁe.sas/ 		s’adressât
/sa.dʁɛ.sa/ or /sa.dʁe.sa/ 		nous adressassions
/nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		vous adressassiez
/vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sa.sje/ 		s’adressassent
/sa.dʁɛ.sas/ or /sa.dʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adresse-toi
/a.dʁɛs.twa/ 		— adressons-nous
/a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃.nu/ 		adressez-vous
/a.dʁɛ.se.vu/ or /a.dʁe.se.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

adresser m or f

  1. indefinite plural of adresse

Verb

adresser

  1. imperative of adressere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

adresser f

  1. indefinite plural of adresse

Swedish

Noun

adresser

  1. indefinite plural of adress
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