méduser

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French

Etymology

From Méduse (“Medusa”) +‎ -er. From Medusa's ability to turn people into stone via eye contact.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.dy.ze/
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Verb

méduser

  1. (transitive) to dumbfound, stupefy

Conjugation

Conjugation of méduser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple méduser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple médusant
/me.dy.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle médusé
/me.dy.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present méduse
/me.dyz/ 		méduses
/me.dyz/ 		méduse
/me.dyz/ 		médusons
/me.dy.zɔ̃/ 		médusez
/me.dy.ze/ 		médusent
/me.dyz/
imperfect médusais
/me.dy.zɛ/ 		médusais
/me.dy.zɛ/ 		médusait
/me.dy.zɛ/ 		médusions
/me.dy.zjɔ̃/ 		médusiez
/me.dy.zje/ 		médusaient
/me.dy.zɛ/
past historic2 médusai
/me.dy.ze/ 		médusas
/me.dy.za/ 		médusa
/me.dy.za/ 		médusâmes
/me.dy.zam/ 		médusâtes
/me.dy.zat/ 		médusèrent
/me.dy.zɛʁ/
future méduserai
/me.dyz.ʁe/ 		méduseras
/me.dyz.ʁa/ 		médusera
/me.dyz.ʁa/ 		méduserons
/me.dyz.ʁɔ̃/ 		méduserez
/me.dyz.ʁe/ 		méduseront
/me.dyz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional méduserais
/me.dyz.ʁɛ/ 		méduserais
/me.dyz.ʁɛ/ 		méduserait
/me.dyz.ʁɛ/ 		méduserions
/me.dy.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		méduseriez
/me.dy.zə.ʁje/ 		méduseraient
/me.dyz.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 méduse
/me.dyz/ 		méduses
/me.dyz/ 		méduse
/me.dyz/ 		médusions
/me.dy.zjɔ̃/ 		médusiez
/me.dy.zje/ 		médusent
/me.dyz/
imperfect2 médusasse
/me.dy.zas/ 		médusasses
/me.dy.zas/ 		médusât
/me.dy.za/ 		médusassions
/me.dy.za.sjɔ̃/ 		médusassiez
/me.dy.za.sje/ 		médusassent
/me.dy.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — méduse
/me.dyz/ 		— médusons
/me.dy.zɔ̃/ 		médusez
/me.dy.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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