adresser
Danish
French
Etymology
From Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier, drecer (compare with modern French dresser) < Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrēctus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre. Compare Italian indirizzare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dʁɛ.se/, /a.dʁe.se/
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Verb
adresser
Conjugation
Conjugation of adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | adresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | adressant /a.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adressé /a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressons /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | adressais /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ |
adressais /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ |
adressait /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ |
adressions /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sje/ |
adressaient /a.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adressai /a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ |
adressas /a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ |
adressa /a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ |
adressâmes /a.dʁɛ.sam/ or /a.dʁe.sam/ |
adressâtes /a.dʁɛ.sat/ or /a.dʁe.sat/ |
adressèrent /a.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.dʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | adresserai /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/ |
adresseras /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/ |
adressera /a.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /a.dʁe.sʁa/ |
adresserons /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
adresserez /a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /a.dʁe.sʁe/ |
adresseront /a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
adresserais /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
adresserait /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
adresserions /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adresseriez /a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.dʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
adresseraient /a.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.dʁe.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 | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresses /a.dʁɛs/ |
adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
adressions /a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
adressiez /a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sje/ |
adressent /a.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | adressasse /a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/ |
adressasses /a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/ |
adressât /a.dʁɛ.sa/ or /a.dʁe.sa/ |
adressassions /a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
adressassiez /a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.dʁe.sa.sje/ |
adressassent /a.dʁɛ.sas/ or /a.dʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adresse /a.dʁɛs/ |
— | adressons /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ |
adressez /a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'adresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'adresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'adressant /sa.dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sa.dʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adressé /a.dʁɛ.se/ or /a.dʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'adresse /ma.dʁɛs/ |
t'adresses /ta.dʁɛs/ |
s'adresse /sa.dʁɛs/ |
nous adressons /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sɔ̃/ |
vous adressez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.se/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.se/ |
s'adressent /sa.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | m'adressais /ma.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ma.dʁe.sɛ/ |
t'adressais /ta.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ta.dʁe.sɛ/ |
s'adressait /sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛ/ |
nous adressions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sje/ |
s'adressaient /sa.dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'adressai /ma.dʁɛ.se/ or /ma.dʁe.se/ |
t'adressas /ta.dʁɛ.sa/ or /ta.dʁe.sa/ |
s'adressa /sa.dʁɛ.sa/ or /sa.dʁe.sa/ |
nous adressâmes /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sam/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sam/ |
vous adressâtes /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sat/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sat/ |
s'adressèrent /sa.dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /sa.dʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'adresserai /ma.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ma.dʁe.sʁe/ |
t'adresseras /ta.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ta.dʁe.sʁa/ |
s'adressera /sa.dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁa/ |
nous adresserons /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
vous adresserez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sʁe/ |
s'adresseront /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'adresserais /ma.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ma.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
t'adresserais /ta.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ta.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
s'adresserait /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɛ/ |
nous adresserions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous adresseriez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
s'adresseraient /sa.dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.dʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'adresse /ma.dʁɛs/ |
t'adresses /ta.dʁɛs/ |
s'adresse /sa.dʁɛs/ |
nous adressions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sje/ |
s'adressent /sa.dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | m'adressasse /ma.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ma.dʁe.sas/ |
t'adressasses /ta.dʁɛ.sas/ or /ta.dʁe.sas/ |
s'adressât /sa.dʁɛ.sa/ or /sa.dʁe.sa/ |
nous adressassions /nu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous adressassiez /vu.z‿a.dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.dʁe.sa.sje/ |
s'adressassent /sa.dʁɛ.sas/ or /sa.dʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adresse-toi /a.dʁɛs.twa/ |
— | adressons-nous /a.dʁɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /a.dʁe.sɔ̃.nu/ |
adressez-vous /a.dʁɛ.se.vu/ or /a.dʁe.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “adresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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