caresser

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English

Etymology

caress +‎ -er

Noun

caresser (plural caressers)

  1. One who caresses.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carezzare. Morphologically, from caresse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁɛ.se/, /ka.ʁe.se/
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Verb

caresser

  1. to stroke; to caress (to move the hand over the surface of)
  2. to toy with
  3. to touch up; put the final touches on

Conjugation

Conjugation of caresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple caresser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple caressant
/ka.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle caressé
/ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present caresse
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caresses
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caresse
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caressons
/ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		caressez
/ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/ 		caressent
/ka.ʁɛs/
imperfect caressais
/ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ 		caressais
/ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ 		caressait
/ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/ 		caressions
/ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		caressiez
/ka.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sje/ 		caressaient
/ka.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 caressai
/ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.se/ 		caressas
/ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ 		caressa
/ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ 		caressâmes
/ka.ʁɛ.sam/ or /ka.ʁe.sam/ 		caressâtes
/ka.ʁɛ.sat/ or /ka.ʁe.sat/ 		caressèrent
/ka.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ka.ʁe.sɛʁ/
future caresserai
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁe/ 		caresseras
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁa/ 		caressera
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁa/ 		caresserons
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		caresserez
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁe/ 		caresseront
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional caresserais
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		caresserais
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		caresserait
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		caresserions
/ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		caresseriez
/ka.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ka.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		caresseraient
/ka.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ka.ʁe.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 caresse
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caresses
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caresse
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		caressions
/ka.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		caressiez
/ka.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sje/ 		caressent
/ka.ʁɛs/
imperfect2 caressasse
/ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/ 		caressasses
/ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/ 		caressât
/ka.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ka.ʁe.sa/ 		caressassions
/ka.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		caressassiez
/ka.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ka.ʁe.sa.sje/ 		caressassent
/ka.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ka.ʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caresse
/ka.ʁɛs/ 		— caressons
/ka.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ka.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		caressez
/ka.ʁɛ.se/ or /ka.ʁe.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).

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