oppresser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oppressus +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɔ.pʁe.se/

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Verb

oppresser

1. (transitive) to oppress
2. (transitive) to squeeze so as to prevent breathing

Conjugation

Conjugation of oppresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	oppresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	oppressant /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		oppressé /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/	oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/	oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/
	imperfect	oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/	oppressais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/	oppressait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/	oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/	oppressaient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	oppressai /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.pʁe.se/	oppressas /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/	oppressa /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/	oppressâmes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sam/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sam/	oppressâtes /ɔ.pʁɛ.sat/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sat/	oppressèrent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	oppresserai /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/	oppresseras /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/	oppressera /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁa/	oppresserons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/	oppresserez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁe/	oppresseront /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/	oppresserais /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/	oppresserait /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sʁɛ/	oppresserions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	oppresseriez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sə.ʁje/	oppresseraient /ɔ.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɔ.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	oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppresses /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/	oppressions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	oppressiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sje/	oppressent /ɔ.pʁɛs/
	imperfect2	oppressasse /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/	oppressasses /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/	oppressât /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa/	oppressassions /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	oppressassiez /ɔ.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sa.sje/	oppressassent /ɔ.pʁɛ.sas/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	oppresse /ɔ.pʁɛs/	—	oppressons /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.pʁe.sɔ̃/	oppressez /ɔ.pʁɛ.se/ or /ɔ.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).

Further reading

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