grasseyer

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French

Etymology

From gras +‎ -eyer, variant of -oyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ ~ /ɡʁa.se.je/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.se.je/
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Verb

grasseyer

  1. (of the phoneme /ʁ/, the letter R) to pronounce uvularly

Conjugation

Conjugation of grasseyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grasseyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grasseyant
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grasseyé
/ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present grasseye
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseyes
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseye
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseyons
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɔ̃/ 		grasseyez
/ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/ 		grasseyent
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/
imperfect grasseyais
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/ 		grasseyais
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/ 		grasseyait
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/ 		grasseyions
/ɡʁa.sɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		grasseyiez
/ɡʁa.sɛj.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.je/ 		grasseyaient
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛ/
past historic2 grasseyai
/ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/ 		grasseyas
/ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/ 		grasseya
/ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/ 		grasseyâmes
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jam/ or /ɡʁa.se.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jam/ 		grasseyâtes
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jat/ or /ɡʁa.se.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jat/ 		grasseyèrent
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɛʁ/
future grasseyerai
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁe/ 		grasseyeras
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁa/ 		grasseyera
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁa/ 		grasseyerons
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ 		grasseyerez
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁe/ 		grasseyeront
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grasseyerais
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/ 		grasseyerais
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/ 		grasseyerait
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.ʁɛ/ 		grasseyerions
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grasseyeriez
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁa.se.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jə.ʁje/ 		grasseyeraient
/ɡʁa.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.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 grasseye
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseyes
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseye
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		grasseyions
/ɡʁa.sɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.jɔ̃/ 		grasseyiez
/ɡʁa.sɛj.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj.je/ 		grasseyent
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/
imperfect2 grasseyasse
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/ 		grasseyasses
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/ 		grasseyât
/ɡʁa.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja/ 		grasseyassions
/ɡʁa.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		grasseyassiez
/ɡʁa.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁa.se.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.ja.sje/ 		grasseyassent
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jas/ or /ɡʁa.se.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grasseye
/ɡʁa.sɛj/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛj/ 		— grasseyons
/ɡʁa.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁa.se.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.jɔ̃/ 		grasseyez
/ɡʁa.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.sɛ.je/ or /ɡʁa.se.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.se.je/ 		—
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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