imposer

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English

Etymology

impose +‎ -er

Noun

imposer (plural imposers)

  1. One who imposes.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imponere, and modeled after French im- +‎ poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.po.ze/
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Verb

imposer

  1. to impose
  2. to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
    Le régime s’est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.
    The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.
  3. (reflexive) to triumph, to win
    Il s’est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.
    On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.
  4. (reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself
  5. (reflexive) to be required, to be called for
    Quelques précisions s’imposent.
    Some clarifications are called for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of imposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imposer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imposant
/ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imposé
/ɛ̃.po.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present impose
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		imposes
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		impose
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		imposons
/ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ 		imposez
/ɛ̃.po.ze/ 		imposent
/ɛ̃.poz/
imperfect imposais
/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ 		imposais
/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ 		imposait
/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/ 		imposions
/ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ 		imposiez
/ɛ̃.po.zje/ 		imposaient
/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/
past historic2 imposai
/ɛ̃.po.ze/ 		imposas
/ɛ̃.po.za/ 		imposa
/ɛ̃.po.za/ 		imposâmes
/ɛ̃.po.zam/ 		imposâtes
/ɛ̃.po.zat/ 		imposèrent
/ɛ̃.po.zɛʁ/
future imposerai
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ 		imposeras
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ 		imposera
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/ 		imposerons
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ 		imposerez
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/ 		imposeront
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional imposerais
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		imposerais
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		imposerait
/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		imposerions
/ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		imposeriez
/ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁje/ 		imposeraient
/ɛ̃.poz.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 impose
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		imposes
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		impose
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		imposions
/ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ 		imposiez
/ɛ̃.po.zje/ 		imposent
/ɛ̃.poz/
imperfect2 imposasse
/ɛ̃.po.zas/ 		imposasses
/ɛ̃.po.zas/ 		imposât
/ɛ̃.po.za/ 		imposassions
/ɛ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/ 		imposassiez
/ɛ̃.po.za.sje/ 		imposassent
/ɛ̃.po.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — impose
/ɛ̃.poz/ 		— imposons
/ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/ 		imposez
/ɛ̃.po.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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