clairsemer

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French

Etymology

Back-formation from clairsemé (“sparse”, adjective).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɛʁ.sə.me/
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Verb

clairsemer

  1. to dwindle
  2. to disperse, scatter
  3. to thin out

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il clairsème and the third-person singular future indicative il clairsèmera.

Conjugation of clairsemer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple clairsemer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple clairsemant
/klɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle clairsemé
/klɛʁ.sə.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present clairsème
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsèmes
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsème
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsemons
/klɛʁ.sə.mɔ̃/ 		clairsemez
/klɛʁ.sə.me/ 		clairsèment
/klɛʁ.sɛm/
imperfect clairsemais
/klɛʁ.sə.mɛ/ 		clairsemais
/klɛʁ.sə.mɛ/ 		clairsemait
/klɛʁ.sə.mɛ/ 		clairsemions
/klɛʁ.sə.mjɔ̃/ 		clairsemiez
/klɛʁ.sə.mje/ 		clairsemaient
/klɛʁ.sə.mɛ/
past historic2 clairsemai
/klɛʁ.sə.me/ 		clairsemas
/klɛʁ.sə.ma/ 		clairsema
/klɛʁ.sə.ma/ 		clairsemâmes
/klɛʁ.sə.mam/ 		clairsemâtes
/klɛʁ.sə.mat/ 		clairsemèrent
/klɛʁ.sə.mɛʁ/
future clairsèmerai
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁe/ 		clairsèmeras
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁa/ 		clairsèmera
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁa/ 		clairsèmerons
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ 		clairsèmerez
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁe/ 		clairsèmeront
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional clairsèmerais
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		clairsèmerais
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		clairsèmerait
/klɛʁ.sɛm.ʁɛ/ 		clairsèmerions
/klɛʁ.sɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /klɛʁ.se.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		clairsèmeriez
/klɛʁ.sɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /klɛʁ.se.mə.ʁje/ 		clairsèmeraient
/klɛʁ.sɛm.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 clairsème
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsèmes
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsème
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		clairsemions
/klɛʁ.sə.mjɔ̃/ 		clairsemiez
/klɛʁ.sə.mje/ 		clairsèment
/klɛʁ.sɛm/
imperfect2 clairsemasse
/klɛʁ.sə.mas/ 		clairsemasses
/klɛʁ.sə.mas/ 		clairsemât
/klɛʁ.sə.ma/ 		clairsemassions
/klɛʁ.sə.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		clairsemassiez
/klɛʁ.sə.ma.sje/ 		clairsemassent
/klɛʁ.sə.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — clairsème
/klɛʁ.sɛm/ 		— clairsemons
/klɛʁ.sə.mɔ̃/ 		clairsemez
/klɛʁ.sə.me/ 		—
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).

Further reading

“clairsemer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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