empresser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ presser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/

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Verb

empresser

1. (pronominal, ~ de faire) to hasten

   Synonym: hâter

2. (reflexive, literary, of crowd) to mass, to gather

Conjugation

Conjugation of empresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empressant /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empressé /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empresses /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empressons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/	empressez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/	empressent /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/
	imperfect	empressais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	empressais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	empressait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	empressions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	empressiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/	empressaient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	empressai /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.se/	empressas /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/	empressa /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/	empressâmes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sam/	empressâtes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sat/	empressèrent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	empresserai /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/	empresseras /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/	empressera /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁa/	empresserons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/	empresserez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁe/	empresseront /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empresserais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	empresserais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	empresserait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	empresserions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	empresseriez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁje/	empresseraient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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	empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empresses /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	empressions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	empressiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sje/	empressent /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/
	imperfect2	empressasse /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/	empressasses /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/	empressât /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa/	empressassions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	empressassiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sa.sje/	empressassent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empresse /ɑ̃.pʁɛs/	—	empressons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/	empressez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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

• empressement

Further reading

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