collapser
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]collapser
- to collapse
Usage notes
[edit]- Used especially in the fields of mathematics and quantum physics
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of collapser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | collapser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | collapsant /kɔ.lap.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | collapsé /kɔ.lap.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | collapse /kɔ.laps/ |
collapses /kɔ.laps/ |
collapse /kɔ.laps/ |
collapsons /kɔ.lap.sɔ̃/ |
collapsez /kɔ.lap.se/ |
collapsent /kɔ.laps/ |
| imperfect | collapsais /kɔ.lap.sɛ/ |
collapsais /kɔ.lap.sɛ/ |
collapsait /kɔ.lap.sɛ/ |
collapsions /kɔ.lap.sjɔ̃/ |
collapsiez /kɔ.lap.sje/ |
collapsaient /kɔ.lap.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | collapsai /kɔ.lap.se/ |
collapsas /kɔ.lap.sa/ |
collapsa /kɔ.lap.sa/ |
collapsâmes /kɔ.lap.sam/ |
collapsâtes /kɔ.lap.sat/ |
collapsèrent /kɔ.lap.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | collapserai /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁe/ |
collapseras /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁa/ |
collapsera /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁa/ |
collapserons /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
collapserez /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁe/ |
collapseront /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | collapserais /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/ |
collapserais /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/ |
collapserait /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁɛ/ |
collapserions /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
collapseriez /kɔ.lap.sə.ʁje/ |
collapseraient /kɔ.lap.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 | collapse /kɔ.laps/ |
collapses /kɔ.laps/ |
collapse /kɔ.laps/ |
collapsions /kɔ.lap.sjɔ̃/ |
collapsiez /kɔ.lap.sje/ |
collapsent /kɔ.laps/ |
| imperfect2 | collapsasse /kɔ.lap.sas/ |
collapsasses /kɔ.lap.sas/ |
collapsât /kɔ.lap.sa/ |
collapsassions /kɔ.lap.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
collapsassiez /kɔ.lap.sa.sje/ |
collapsassent /kɔ.lap.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | collapse /kɔ.laps/ |
— | collapsons /kɔ.lap.sɔ̃/ |
collapsez /kɔ.lap.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). | |||||||