causer

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English

Etymology

cause +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

causer (plural causers)

  1. someone or something that causes or produces an effect.

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References

  • The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cause +‎ -er.

Verb

causer

  1. to cause (be the cause of)
    Synonym: provoquer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin causārī.

Verb

causer

  1. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)
    Synonym: parler
    Tu causes le céfran, mec ? ― You speak frog, dude?
  2. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
    De quoi il cause ? ― What's he banging on about?
    • 1966, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”:
      Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne cause pas Monsieur, on ne cause pas, on compte
      You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count
Conjugation
Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple causer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple causant
/ko.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle causé
/ko.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cause
/koz/ 		causes
/koz/ 		cause
/koz/ 		causons
/ko.zɔ̃/ 		causez
/ko.ze/ 		causent
/koz/
imperfect causais
/ko.zɛ/ 		causais
/ko.zɛ/ 		causait
/ko.zɛ/ 		causions
/ko.zjɔ̃/ 		causiez
/ko.zje/ 		causaient
/ko.zɛ/
past historic2 causai
/ko.ze/ 		causas
/ko.za/ 		causa
/ko.za/ 		causâmes
/ko.zam/ 		causâtes
/ko.zat/ 		causèrent
/ko.zɛʁ/
future causerai
/koz.ʁe/ 		causeras
/koz.ʁa/ 		causera
/koz.ʁa/ 		causerons
/koz.ʁɔ̃/ 		causerez
/koz.ʁe/ 		causeront
/koz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional causerais
/koz.ʁɛ/ 		causerais
/koz.ʁɛ/ 		causerait
/koz.ʁɛ/ 		causerions
/ko.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		causeriez
/ko.zə.ʁje/ 		causeraient
/koz.ʁɛ/
(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 cause
/koz/ 		causes
/koz/ 		cause
/koz/ 		causions
/ko.zjɔ̃/ 		causiez
/ko.zje/ 		causent
/koz/
imperfect2 causasse
/ko.zas/ 		causasses
/ko.zas/ 		causât
/ko.za/ 		causassions
/ko.za.sjɔ̃/ 		causassiez
/ko.za.sje/ 		causassent
/ko.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cause
/koz/ 		— causons
/ko.zɔ̃/ 		causez
/ko.ze/ 		—
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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Verb

causer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor
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