disserter

French

Etymology

From Latin dissertāre. Cognate to Italian dissertare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.sɛʁ.te/
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Verb

disserter

  1. (intransitive) to discourse (on)

Conjugation
Conjugation of disserter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple disserter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dissertant
/di.sɛʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle disserté
/di.sɛʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present disserte
/di.sɛʁt/		 dissertes
/di.sɛʁt/		 disserte
/di.sɛʁt/		 dissertons
/di.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/		 dissertez
/di.sɛʁ.te/		 dissertent
/di.sɛʁt/
imperfect dissertais
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/		 dissertais
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/		 dissertait
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/		 dissertions
/di.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/		 dissertiez
/di.sɛʁ.tje/		 dissertaient
/di.sɛʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 dissertai
/di.sɛʁ.te/		 dissertas
/di.sɛʁ.ta/		 disserta
/di.sɛʁ.ta/		 dissertâmes
/di.sɛʁ.tam/		 dissertâtes
/di.sɛʁ.tat/		 dissertèrent
/di.sɛʁ.tɛʁ/
future disserterai
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/		 disserteras
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/		 dissertera
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/		 disserterons
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 disserterez
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/		 disserteront
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional disserterais
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 disserterais
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 disserterait
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 disserterions
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 disserteriez
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁje/		 disserteraient
/di.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(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 disserte
/di.sɛʁt/		 dissertes
/di.sɛʁt/		 disserte
/di.sɛʁt/		 dissertions
/di.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/		 dissertiez
/di.sɛʁ.tje/		 dissertent
/di.sɛʁt/
imperfect2 dissertasse
/di.sɛʁ.tas/		 dissertasses
/di.sɛʁ.tas/		 dissertât
/di.sɛʁ.ta/		 dissertassions
/di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 dissertassiez
/di.sɛʁ.ta.sje/		 dissertassent
/di.sɛʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — disserte
/di.sɛʁt/		 — dissertons
/di.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/		 dissertez
/di.sɛʁ.te/		 —
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).

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