tapisser

French

Etymology

From tapis +‎ -er, the s is doubled to keep the /s/ sound intact.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.pi.se/

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Verb

tapisser

1. to carpet (cover with carpet)
2. (by extension) to decorate
3. (by extension) to cover; to overlay

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tapisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tapissant /ta.pi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tapissé /ta.pi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapisses /ta.pis/	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/	tapissez /ta.pi.se/	tapissent /ta.pis/
	imperfect	tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissais /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissait /ta.pi.sɛ/	tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/	tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/	tapissaient /ta.pi.sɛ/
	past historic2	tapissai /ta.pi.se/	tapissas /ta.pi.sa/	tapissa /ta.pi.sa/	tapissâmes /ta.pi.sam/	tapissâtes /ta.pi.sat/	tapissèrent /ta.pi.sɛʁ/
	future	tapisserai /ta.pi.sʁe/	tapisseras /ta.pi.sʁa/	tapissera /ta.pi.sʁa/	tapisserons /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/	tapisserez /ta.pi.sʁe/	tapisseront /ta.pi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/	tapisserais /ta.pi.sʁɛ/	tapisserait /ta.pi.sʁɛ/	tapisserions /ta.pi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	tapisseriez /ta.pi.sə.ʁje/	tapisseraient /ta.pi.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	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapisses /ta.pis/	tapisse /ta.pis/	tapissions /ta.pi.sjɔ̃/	tapissiez /ta.pi.sje/	tapissent /ta.pis/
	imperfect2	tapissasse /ta.pi.sas/	tapissasses /ta.pi.sas/	tapissât /ta.pi.sa/	tapissassions /ta.pi.sa.sjɔ̃/	tapissassiez /ta.pi.sa.sje/	tapissassent /ta.pi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tapisse /ta.pis/	—	tapissons /ta.pi.sɔ̃/	tapissez /ta.pi.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

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

Anagrams

• partisse, pisteras, pressait