méduser

French

Etymology

Méduse (“Medusa”) +‎ -er

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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