clamser

French

Etymology

First attested as crapser, crampser; either of onomatopoeic origin or related to crampe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klam.se/

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Verb

clamser

1. (colloquial) to croak, to die
   • 2015 June, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 2, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN:

     Parce qu’un oncle a dû te refiler dix mille euros en clamsant on va tous s’accrocher à toi comme des morbacs ? Pauvre crevard, tu me fais de la peine…

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Conjugation

Conjugation of clamser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	clamser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clamsant /klam.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		clamsé /klam.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	clamse /klams/	clamses /klams/	clamse /klams/	clamsons /klam.sɔ̃/	clamsez /klam.se/	clamsent /klams/
	imperfect	clamsais /klam.sɛ/	clamsais /klam.sɛ/	clamsait /klam.sɛ/	clamsions /klam.sjɔ̃/	clamsiez /klam.sje/	clamsaient /klam.sɛ/
	past historic2	clamsai /klam.se/	clamsas /klam.sa/	clamsa /klam.sa/	clamsâmes /klam.sam/	clamsâtes /klam.sat/	clamsèrent /klam.sɛʁ/
	future	clamserai /klam.sə.ʁe/	clamseras /klam.sə.ʁa/	clamsera /klam.sə.ʁa/	clamserons /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/	clamserez /klam.sə.ʁe/	clamseront /klam.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clamserais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/	clamserais /klam.sə.ʁɛ/	clamserait /klam.sə.ʁɛ/	clamserions /klam.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	clamseriez /klam.sə.ʁje/	clamseraient /klam.sə.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	clamse /klams/	clamses /klams/	clamse /klams/	clamsions /klam.sjɔ̃/	clamsiez /klam.sje/	clamsent /klams/
	imperfect2	clamsasse /klam.sas/	clamsasses /klam.sas/	clamsât /klam.sa/	clamsassions /klam.sa.sjɔ̃/	clamsassiez /klam.sa.sje/	clamsassent /klam.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	clamse /klams/	—	clamsons /klam.sɔ̃/	clamsez /klam.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).

Further reading

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