paresser

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French

Etymology

From earlier perecer, from Old French peresce (“laziness”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

paresser

  1. (intransitive) to laze about; loaf

Conjugation

Conjugation of paresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple paresser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple paressant
/pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle paressé
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paresse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paresses
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paresse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paressons
/pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		paressez
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ 		paressent
/pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect paressais
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paressais
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paressait
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		paressions
/pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		paressiez
/pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ 		paressaient
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 paressai
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.se/ 		paressas
/pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ 		paressa
/pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ 		paressâmes
/pa.ʁɛ.sam/ or /pa.ʁe.sam/ 		paressâtes
/pa.ʁɛ.sat/ or /pa.ʁe.sat/ 		paressèrent
/pa.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.sɛʁ/
future paresserai
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ 		paresseras
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ 		paressera
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁa/ 		paresserons
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		paresserez
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁe/ 		paresseront
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional paresserais
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		paresserais
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		paresserait
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.sʁɛ/ 		paresserions
/pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		paresseriez
/pa.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		paresseraient
/pa.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.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 paresse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paresses
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paresse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		paressions
/pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		paressiez
/pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sje/ 		paressent
/pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect2 paressasse
/pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ 		paressasses
/pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/ 		paressât
/pa.ʁɛ.sa/ or /pa.ʁe.sa/ 		paressassions
/pa.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		paressassiez
/pa.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.sa.sje/ 		paressassent
/pa.ʁɛ.sas/ or /pa.ʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — paresse
/pa.ʁɛs/ 		— paressons
/pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		paressez
/pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /pa.ʁe.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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