anser

See also: Anser

French

Etymology

From anse (“handle”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.se/

Verb

anser

  1. (transitive) to fix a handle (to)

Conjugation
Conjugation of anser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle ansant
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle ansé
/ɑ̃.se/
infinitive
simple anser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ansant
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present anse
/ɑ̃s/		 anses
/ɑ̃s/		 anse
/ɑ̃s/		 ansons
/ɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 ansez
/ɑ̃.se/		 ansent
/ɑ̃s/
imperfect ansais
/ɑ̃.sɛ/		 ansais
/ɑ̃.sɛ/		 ansait
/ɑ̃.sɛ/		 ansions
/ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 ansiez
/ɑ̃.sje/		 ansaient
/ɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 ansai
/ɑ̃.se/		 ansas
/ɑ̃.sa/		 ansa
/ɑ̃.sa/		 ansâmes
/ɑ̃.sam/		 ansâtes
/ɑ̃.sat/		 ansèrent
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future anserai
/ɑ̃.sʁe/		 anseras
/ɑ̃.sʁa/		 ansera
/ɑ̃.sʁa/		 anserons
/ɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 anserez
/ɑ̃.sʁe/		 anseront
/ɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional anserais
/ɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 anserais
/ɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 anserait
/ɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 anserions
/ɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 anseriez
/ɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 anseraient
/ɑ̃.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 anse
/ɑ̃s/		 anses
/ɑ̃s/		 anse
/ɑ̃s/		 ansions
/ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 ansiez
/ɑ̃.sje/		 ansent
/ɑ̃s/
imperfect2 ansasse
/ɑ̃.sas/		 ansasses
/ɑ̃.sas/		 ansât
/ɑ̃.sa/		 ansassions
/ɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 ansassiez
/ɑ̃.sa.sje/		 ansassent
/ɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — anse
/ɑ̃s/		 — ansons
/ɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 ansez
/ɑ̃.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin
anser (a goose)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hanser, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old Irish géiss, and Old English gōs (English goose).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ser/, [ˈãː.sɛr]

Noun

ānser m (genitive ānseris); third declension

  1. goose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ānser ānserēs
Genitive ānseris ānserum
Dative ānserī ānseribus
Accusative ānserem ānserēs
Ablative ānsere ānseribus
Vocative ānser ānserēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • anser in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anser in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • anser in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anser in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

anser

  1. present of anse

Swedish

Verb

anser

  1. present tense of anse.
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