trousser

French

Etymology

With metathesis, from Vulgar Latin *torsāre, from *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁu.se/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

trousser

1. to fold up
2. to hitch up
3. to truss
4. to expedite
5. (vulgar, dated) to stuff, to fuck

Conjugation

Conjugation of trousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	trousser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	troussant /tʁu.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		troussé /tʁu.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trousse /tʁus/	trousses /tʁus/	trousse /tʁus/	troussons /tʁu.sɔ̃/	troussez /tʁu.se/	troussent /tʁus/
	imperfect	troussais /tʁu.sɛ/	troussais /tʁu.sɛ/	troussait /tʁu.sɛ/	troussions /tʁu.sjɔ̃/	troussiez /tʁu.sje/	troussaient /tʁu.sɛ/
	past historic2	troussai /tʁu.se/	troussas /tʁu.sa/	troussa /tʁu.sa/	troussâmes /tʁu.sam/	troussâtes /tʁu.sat/	troussèrent /tʁu.sɛʁ/
	future	trousserai /tʁu.sʁe/	trousseras /tʁu.sʁa/	troussera /tʁu.sʁa/	trousserons /tʁu.sʁɔ̃/	trousserez /tʁu.sʁe/	trousseront /tʁu.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	trousserais /tʁu.sʁɛ/	trousserais /tʁu.sʁɛ/	trousserait /tʁu.sʁɛ/	trousserions /tʁu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	trousseriez /tʁu.sə.ʁje/	trousseraient /tʁu.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	trousse /tʁus/	trousses /tʁus/	trousse /tʁus/	troussions /tʁu.sjɔ̃/	troussiez /tʁu.sje/	troussent /tʁus/
	imperfect2	troussasse /tʁu.sas/	troussasses /tʁu.sas/	troussât /tʁu.sa/	troussassions /tʁu.sa.sjɔ̃/	troussassiez /tʁu.sa.sje/	troussassent /tʁu.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trousse /tʁus/	—	troussons /tʁu.sɔ̃/	troussez /tʁu.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

Derived terms

• retrousser
• troussage
• trousse
• trousse-barre
• trousse-cotte
• trousse-jupe
• trousse-jupon
• troussement
• trousse-pet, trousse-pète
• trousse-pied
• trousse-queue
• trousseur
• troussière
• troussis
• troussoire

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

trousser

1. to pack (put items into a bag, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of trousser

infinitive	simple	trousser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	troussant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		troussé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trousse	trousses	trousse	troussons	troussez	troussent
	imperfect	troussois, troussoys	troussois, troussoys	troussoit, troussoyt	troussions, troussyons	troussiez, troussyez	troussoient, troussoyent
	past historic	troussa	troussas	troussa	troussasmes	troussastes	trousserent
	future	trousserai, trousseray	trousseras	troussera	trousserons	trousserez	trousseront
	conditional	trousserois, trousseroys	trousserois, trousseroys	trousseroit, trousseroyt	trousserions, trousseryons	trousseriez, trousseryez	trousseroient, trousseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	trousse	trousses	trousse	troussons	troussez	troussent
	imperfect	troussasse	troussasses	troussast	troussassions	troussassiez	troussassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trousse	—	troussons	troussez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).