arroser

See also: arrôser

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *arrōsāre from Latin rōs (“dew”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ʁo.ze/
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Verb

arroser

  1. to water (e.g. plants)
  2. to sprinkle
  3. to squirt
  4. to spray
    arroser de balles - spray with bullets
  5. to celebrate (with a drink)
    arroser une victoire - to celebrate a victory (by drinking)
  6. to grease someone's palm, to bribe

Conjugation
Conjugation of arroser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle arrosant
/a.ʁo.zɑ̃/
past participle arrosé
/a.ʁo.ze/
infinitive
simple arroser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple arrosant
/a.ʁo.zɑ̃/
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 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arroses
/a.ʁoz/		 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arrosons
/a.ʁo.zɔ̃/		 arrosez
/a.ʁo.ze/		 arrosent
/a.ʁoz/
imperfect arrosais
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosais
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosait
/a.ʁo.zɛ/		 arrosions
/a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/		 arrosiez
/a.ʁo.zje/		 arrosaient
/a.ʁo.zɛ/
past historic2 arrosai
/a.ʁo.ze/		 arrosas
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosa
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosâmes
/a.ʁo.zam/		 arrosâtes
/a.ʁo.zat/		 arrosèrent
/a.ʁo.zɛʁ/
future arroserai
/a.ʁoz.ʁe/		 arroseras
/a.ʁoz.ʁa/		 arrosera
/a.ʁoz.ʁa/		 arroserons
/a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/		 arroserez
/a.ʁoz.ʁe/		 arroseront
/a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional arroserais
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserais
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserait
/a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/		 arroserions
/a.ʁo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 arroseriez
/a.ʁo.zə.ʁje/		 arroseraient
/a.ʁoz.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 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arroses
/a.ʁoz/		 arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 arrosions
/a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/		 arrosiez
/a.ʁo.zje/		 arrosent
/a.ʁoz/
imperfect2 arrosasse
/a.ʁo.zas/		 arrosasses
/a.ʁo.zas/		 arrosât
/a.ʁo.za/		 arrosassions
/a.ʁo.za.sjɔ̃/		 arrosassiez
/a.ʁo.za.sje/		 arrosassent
/a.ʁo.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrose
/a.ʁoz/		 — arrosons
/a.ʁo.zɔ̃/		 arrosez
/a.ʁo.ze/		 —
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).

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