dessiner

French

Etymology

From Middle French desseigner, borrowed from Italian disegnare, from Latin designo, designare. Doublet of désigner.

Pronunciation

Verb

dessiner

  1. to draw, to sketch
  2. to draw up, to design
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, se dessiner) to take shape, to appear slowly

Conjugation
Conjugation of dessiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle dessinant
/de.si.nɑ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɑ̃/
past participle dessiné
/de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/
infinitive
simple dessiner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple dessinant
/de.si.nɑ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɑ̃/
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 dessine
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessines
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessine
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessinons
/de.si.nɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɔ̃/		 dessinez
/de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/		 dessinent
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/
imperfect dessinais
/de.si.nɛ/ or /dɛ.si.nɛ/		 dessinais
/de.si.nɛ/ or /dɛ.si.nɛ/		 dessinait
/de.si.nɛ/ or /dɛ.si.nɛ/		 dessinions
/de.si.njɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.njɔ̃/		 dessiniez
/de.si.nje/ or /dɛ.si.nje/		 dessinaient
/de.si.nɛ/ or /dɛ.si.nɛ/
past historic2 dessinai
/de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/		 dessinas
/de.si.na/ or /dɛ.si.na/		 dessina
/de.si.na/ or /dɛ.si.na/		 dessinâmes
/de.si.nam/ or /dɛ.si.nam/		 dessinâtes
/de.si.nat/ or /dɛ.si.nat/		 dessinèrent
/de.si.nɛʁ/ or /dɛ.si.nɛʁ/
future dessinerai
/de.sin.ʁe/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁe/		 dessineras
/de.sin.ʁa/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁa/		 dessinera
/de.sin.ʁa/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁa/		 dessinerons
/de.sin.ʁɔ̃/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁɔ̃/		 dessinerez
/de.sin.ʁe/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁe/		 dessineront
/de.sin.ʁɔ̃/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dessinerais
/de.sin.ʁɛ/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁɛ/		 dessinerais
/de.sin.ʁɛ/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁɛ/		 dessinerait
/de.sin.ʁɛ/ or /dɛ.sin.ʁɛ/		 dessinerions
/de.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 dessineriez
/de.si.nə.ʁje/ or /dɛ.si.nə.ʁje/		 dessineraient
/de.sin.ʁɛ/ or /dɛ.sin.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 dessine
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessines
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessine
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 dessinions
/de.si.njɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.njɔ̃/		 dessiniez
/de.si.nje/ or /dɛ.si.nje/		 dessinent
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/
imperfect2 dessinasse
/de.si.nas/ or /dɛ.si.nas/		 dessinasses
/de.si.nas/ or /dɛ.si.nas/		 dessinât
/de.si.na/ or /dɛ.si.na/		 dessinassions
/de.si.na.sjɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.na.sjɔ̃/		 dessinassiez
/de.si.na.sje/ or /dɛ.si.na.sje/		 dessinassent
/de.si.nas/ or /dɛ.si.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dessine
/de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/		 — dessinons
/de.si.nɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɔ̃/		 dessinez
/de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/		 —
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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