brosser

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Dutch

Etymology

From brossen (“to ditch class”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.sər/
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  • Hyphenation: bros‧ser
  • Rhymes: -ɔsər

Noun

brosser m (plural brossers, diminutive brossertje n)

  1. (Belgium, informal) a truant, who skips class
    Synonym: spijbelaar

French

Etymology

From brosse (“a brush”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

brosser

  1. (transitive) to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush)
  2. (transitive) to whip, to beat (to defeat)
  3. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class

Conjugation

Conjugation of brosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple brosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple brossant
/bʁɔ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle brossé
/bʁɔ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present brosse
/bʁɔs/ 		brosses
/bʁɔs/ 		brosse
/bʁɔs/ 		brossons
/bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ 		brossez
/bʁɔ.se/ 		brossent
/bʁɔs/
imperfect brossais
/bʁɔ.sɛ/ 		brossais
/bʁɔ.sɛ/ 		brossait
/bʁɔ.sɛ/ 		brossions
/bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		brossiez
/bʁɔ.sje/ 		brossaient
/bʁɔ.sɛ/
past historic2 brossai
/bʁɔ.se/ 		brossas
/bʁɔ.sa/ 		brossa
/bʁɔ.sa/ 		brossâmes
/bʁɔ.sam/ 		brossâtes
/bʁɔ.sat/ 		brossèrent
/bʁɔ.sɛʁ/
future brosserai
/bʁɔ.sʁe/ 		brosseras
/bʁɔ.sʁa/ 		brossera
/bʁɔ.sʁa/ 		brosserons
/bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ 		brosserez
/bʁɔ.sʁe/ 		brosseront
/bʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional brosserais
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		brosserais
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		brosserait
/bʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		brosserions
/bʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		brosseriez
/bʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ 		brosseraient
/bʁɔ.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 brosse
/bʁɔs/ 		brosses
/bʁɔs/ 		brosse
/bʁɔs/ 		brossions
/bʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		brossiez
/bʁɔ.sje/ 		brossent
/bʁɔs/
imperfect2 brossasse
/bʁɔ.sas/ 		brossasses
/bʁɔ.sas/ 		brossât
/bʁɔ.sa/ 		brossassions
/bʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		brossassiez
/bʁɔ.sa.sje/ 		brossassent
/bʁɔ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brosse
/bʁɔs/ 		— brossons
/bʁɔ.sɔ̃/ 		brossez
/bʁɔ.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).

Descendants

  • → Dutch: brossen

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