traverser

English

Etymology

traverse +‎ -er

Noun

traverser (plural traversers)

  1. One who, or that which, traverses or moves, such as an index on a scale.
  2. (law) One who traverses, or denies.
  3. (railways) A traverse table.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for traverser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ.se/
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Verb

traverser

  1. to cross, to go across

Conjugation
Conjugation of traverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle traversant
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
past participle traversé
/tʁa.vɛʁ.se/
infinitive
simple traverser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple traversant
/tʁa.vɛʁ.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 traverse
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traverses
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traverse
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traversons
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 traversez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.se/		 traversent
/tʁa.vɛʁs/
imperfect traversais
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 traversais
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 traversait
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 traversions
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 traversiez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/		 traversaient
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 traversai
/tʁa.vɛʁ.se/		 traversas
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/		 traversa
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/		 traversâmes
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sam/		 traversâtes
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sat/		 traversèrent
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future traverserai
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 traverseras
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 traversera
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 traverserons
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 traverserez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 traverseront
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional traverserais
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 traverserais
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 traverserait
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 traverserions
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 traverseriez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/		 traverseraient
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.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 traverse
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traverses
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traverse
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 traversions
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 traversiez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/		 traversent
/tʁa.vɛʁs/
imperfect2 traversasse
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/		 traversasses
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/		 traversât
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/		 traversassions
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 traversassiez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sje/		 traversassent
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — traverse
/tʁa.vɛʁs/		 — traversons
/tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 traversez
/tʁa.vɛʁ.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

traverser

  1. to traverse; to cross; to go across

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of traverser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive traverser avoir traversé
gerund en traversant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle traversant
past participle traversé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present travers traverses traverse traversons traversez traversent
imperfect traversoie, traverseie, traversoe, traverseve traversoies, traverseies, traversoes, traverseves traversoit, traverseit, traversot, traverseve traversiiens, traversiens traversiiez, traversiez traversoient, traverseient, traversoent, traversevent
preterite traversai traversas traversa traversames traversastes traverserent
future traverserai traverseras traversera traverserons traverseroiz, traversereiz, traverserez traverseront
conditional traverseroie, traversereie traverseroies, traversereies traverseroit, traversereit traverseriiens, traverseriens traverseriiez, traverseriez traverseroient, traversereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present travers travers traverst traversons traversez traversent
imperfect traversasse traversasses traversast traversissons, traversissiens traversissoiz, traversissez, traversissiez traversassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— traverse — traversons traversez —

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