esquisser

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French

Etymology

From Italian schizzare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.ki.se/
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Verb

esquisser

  1. to sketch
  2. to draft, outline

Conjugation

Conjugation of esquisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple esquisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple esquissant
/ɛs.ki.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle esquissé
/ɛs.ki.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present esquisse
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquisses
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquisse
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquissons
/ɛs.ki.sɔ̃/ 		esquissez
/ɛs.ki.se/ 		esquissent
/ɛs.kis/
imperfect esquissais
/ɛs.ki.sɛ/ 		esquissais
/ɛs.ki.sɛ/ 		esquissait
/ɛs.ki.sɛ/ 		esquissions
/ɛs.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		esquissiez
/ɛs.ki.sje/ 		esquissaient
/ɛs.ki.sɛ/
past historic2 esquissai
/ɛs.ki.se/ 		esquissas
/ɛs.ki.sa/ 		esquissa
/ɛs.ki.sa/ 		esquissâmes
/ɛs.ki.sam/ 		esquissâtes
/ɛs.ki.sat/ 		esquissèrent
/ɛs.ki.sɛʁ/
future esquisserai
/ɛs.ki.sʁe/ 		esquisseras
/ɛs.ki.sʁa/ 		esquissera
/ɛs.ki.sʁa/ 		esquisserons
/ɛs.ki.sʁɔ̃/ 		esquisserez
/ɛs.ki.sʁe/ 		esquisseront
/ɛs.ki.sʁɔ̃/
conditional esquisserais
/ɛs.ki.sʁɛ/ 		esquisserais
/ɛs.ki.sʁɛ/ 		esquisserait
/ɛs.ki.sʁɛ/ 		esquisserions
/ɛs.ki.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		esquisseriez
/ɛs.ki.sə.ʁje/ 		esquisseraient
/ɛs.ki.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 esquisse
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquisses
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquisse
/ɛs.kis/ 		esquissions
/ɛs.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		esquissiez
/ɛs.ki.sje/ 		esquissent
/ɛs.kis/
imperfect2 esquissasse
/ɛs.ki.sas/ 		esquissasses
/ɛs.ki.sas/ 		esquissât
/ɛs.ki.sa/ 		esquissassions
/ɛs.ki.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		esquissassiez
/ɛs.ki.sa.sje/ 		esquissassent
/ɛs.ki.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — esquisse
/ɛs.kis/ 		— esquissons
/ɛs.ki.sɔ̃/ 		esquissez
/ɛs.ki.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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