rosser

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See also: Rosser and Rösser

English

Noun

rosser (plural rossers)

  1. (UK, slang) Alternative form of rozzer (“police officer”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔsər

Adjective

rosser

  1. comparative degree of ros

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French roissier, probably from Vulgar Latin *rustiare, from *rustia, from Late Latin rustum, or less likely from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus, from rumpō.

Pronunciation

Verb

rosser

  1. to beat
  2. (slang) to hammer, to thrash, to defeat

Conjugation

Conjugation of rosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rosser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rossant
/ʁɔ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rossé
/ʁɔ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rosse
/ʁɔs/ 		rosses
/ʁɔs/ 		rosse
/ʁɔs/ 		rossons
/ʁɔ.sɔ̃/ 		rossez
/ʁɔ.se/ 		rossent
/ʁɔs/
imperfect rossais
/ʁɔ.sɛ/ 		rossais
/ʁɔ.sɛ/ 		rossait
/ʁɔ.sɛ/ 		rossions
/ʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		rossiez
/ʁɔ.sje/ 		rossaient
/ʁɔ.sɛ/
past historic2 rossai
/ʁɔ.se/ 		rossas
/ʁɔ.sa/ 		rossa
/ʁɔ.sa/ 		rossâmes
/ʁɔ.sam/ 		rossâtes
/ʁɔ.sat/ 		rossèrent
/ʁɔ.sɛʁ/
future rosserai
/ʁɔ.sʁe/ 		rosseras
/ʁɔ.sʁa/ 		rossera
/ʁɔ.sʁa/ 		rosserons
/ʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ 		rosserez
/ʁɔ.sʁe/ 		rosseront
/ʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional rosserais
/ʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		rosserais
/ʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		rosserait
/ʁɔ.sʁɛ/ 		rosserions
/ʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rosseriez
/ʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ 		rosseraient
/ʁɔ.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 rosse
/ʁɔs/ 		rosses
/ʁɔs/ 		rosse
/ʁɔs/ 		rossions
/ʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ 		rossiez
/ʁɔ.sje/ 		rossent
/ʁɔs/
imperfect2 rossasse
/ʁɔ.sas/ 		rossasses
/ʁɔ.sas/ 		rossât
/ʁɔ.sa/ 		rossassions
/ʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		rossassiez
/ʁɔ.sa.sje/ 		rossassent
/ʁɔ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rosse
/ʁɔs/ 		— rossons
/ʁɔ.sɔ̃/ 		rossez
/ʁɔ.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).

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French roissier, from Vulgar Latin *rustiare, from *rustia, from Late Latin rustum.

Verb

rosser

  1. (Jersey) to thrash
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