adosser

See also: adôsser

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ dos (“back”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do.se/

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Verb

adosser

1. (transitive) to back up (put someone's back (against))

   adosser quelqu’un contre un mur ― to back someone up against a wall

2. (reflexive) to lean (back)

   s’adosser contre un mur ― to lean (back) against a wall

3. (reflexive) to back up (put one's back against something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of adosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adossant /a.do.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adossé /a.do.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adosse /a.dos/	adosses /a.dos/	adosse /a.dos/	adossons /a.do.sɔ̃/	adossez /a.do.se/	adossent /a.dos/
	imperfect	adossais /a.do.sɛ/	adossais /a.do.sɛ/	adossait /a.do.sɛ/	adossions /a.do.sjɔ̃/	adossiez /a.do.sje/	adossaient /a.do.sɛ/
	past historic2	adossai /a.do.se/	adossas /a.do.sa/	adossa /a.do.sa/	adossâmes /a.do.sam/	adossâtes /a.do.sat/	adossèrent /a.do.sɛʁ/
	future	adosserai /a.do.sʁe/	adosseras /a.do.sʁa/	adossera /a.do.sʁa/	adosserons /a.do.sʁɔ̃/	adosserez /a.do.sʁe/	adosseront /a.do.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adosserais /a.do.sʁɛ/	adosserais /a.do.sʁɛ/	adosserait /a.do.sʁɛ/	adosserions /a.do.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	adosseriez /a.do.sə.ʁje/	adosseraient /a.do.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	adosse /a.dos/	adosses /a.dos/	adosse /a.dos/	adossions /a.do.sjɔ̃/	adossiez /a.do.sje/	adossent /a.dos/
	imperfect2	adossasse /a.do.sas/	adossasses /a.do.sas/	adossât /a.do.sa/	adossassions /a.do.sa.sjɔ̃/	adossassiez /a.do.sa.sje/	adossassent /a.do.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adosse /a.dos/	—	adossons /a.do.sɔ̃/	adossez /a.do.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).

Descendants

• → Spanish: adosar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dorasse, doseras, rodasse, rôdasse