resserrer

French

Etymology

re- (“again”) +‎ serrer (“to tighten”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.se.ʁe/, /ʁə.sɛ.ʁe/

Verb

resserrer

  1. (transitive) to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.)
  2. (reflexive) to tighten (link, knot)
    Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserait autour de son cou.
  3. (reflexive) to become stricter (discipline)
    Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
  4. (reflexive) to narrow (road, gap)
    L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.

Conjugation
Conjugation of resserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle resserrant
/ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/
past participle resserré
/ʁə.se.ʁe/
infinitive
simple resserrer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple resserrant
/ʁə.se.ʁɑ̃/
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 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserres
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserrons
/ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrez
/ʁə.se.ʁe/		 resserrent
/ʁə.sɛʁ/
imperfect resserrais
/ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrais
/ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrait
/ʁə.se.ʁɛ/		 resserrions
/ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserriez
/ʁə.se.ʁje/		 resserraient
/ʁə.se.ʁɛ/
past historic2 resserrai
/ʁə.se.ʁe/		 resserras
/ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserra
/ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserrâmes
/ʁə.se.ʁam/		 resserrâtes
/ʁə.se.ʁat/		 resserrèrent
/ʁə.se.ʁɛʁ/
future resserrerai
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 resserreras
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 resserrera
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 resserrerons
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrerez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 resserreront
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional resserrerais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerais
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerait
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 resserrerions
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserreriez
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/		 resserreraient
/ʁə.sɛ.ʁə.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 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserres
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 resserrions
/ʁə.se.ʁjɔ̃/		 resserriez
/ʁə.se.ʁje/		 resserrent
/ʁə.sɛʁ/
imperfect2 resserrasse
/ʁə.se.ʁas/		 resserrasses
/ʁə.se.ʁas/		 resserrât
/ʁə.se.ʁa/		 resserrassions
/ʁə.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 resserrassiez
/ʁə.se.ʁa.sje/		 resserrassent
/ʁə.se.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — resserre
/ʁə.sɛʁ/		 — resserrons
/ʁə.se.ʁɔ̃/		 resserrez
/ʁə.se.ʁe/		 —
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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