chausser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chaucier, inherited from Latin calceāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.se/

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Verb

chausser

1. (transitive) to put footwear (on someone)
2. (transitive) to shoe (a horse)
3. (reflexive) to put on footwear
4. (intransitive) to have a certain shoe size

   Tu chausses du combien ? ― What size shoes do you wear?

5. (transitive) to mulch (a tree)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chausser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chaussant /ʃo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chaussé /ʃo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chausse /ʃos/	chausses /ʃos/	chausse /ʃos/	chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/	chaussez /ʃo.se/	chaussent /ʃos/
	imperfect	chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussais /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussait /ʃo.sɛ/	chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/	chaussiez /ʃo.sje/	chaussaient /ʃo.sɛ/
	past historic2	chaussai /ʃo.se/	chaussas /ʃo.sa/	chaussa /ʃo.sa/	chaussâmes /ʃo.sam/	chaussâtes /ʃo.sat/	chaussèrent /ʃo.sɛʁ/
	future	chausserai /ʃo.sʁe/	chausseras /ʃo.sʁa/	chaussera /ʃo.sʁa/	chausserons /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/	chausserez /ʃo.sʁe/	chausseront /ʃo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserais /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserait /ʃo.sʁɛ/	chausserions /ʃo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	chausseriez /ʃo.sə.ʁje/	chausseraient /ʃo.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	chausse /ʃos/	chausses /ʃos/	chausse /ʃos/	chaussions /ʃo.sjɔ̃/	chaussiez /ʃo.sje/	chaussent /ʃos/
	imperfect2	chaussasse /ʃo.sas/	chaussasses /ʃo.sas/	chaussât /ʃo.sa/	chaussassions /ʃo.sa.sjɔ̃/	chaussassiez /ʃo.sa.sje/	chaussassent /ʃo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chausse /ʃos/	—	chaussons /ʃo.sɔ̃/	chaussez /ʃo.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• chausson
• chaussure
• enchausser
• les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés

Related terms

• chausse / chausses
• chaussette
• chaussier
• déchausser

Further reading

• “chausser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chasseur
• ruchasse