émousser

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ mousse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.mu.se/

Verb

émousser

to dull, blunt (to render blunt; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp)
(figuratively) to dull (a feeling)

Conjugation

Conjugation of émousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive
present participle		émoussant /e.mu.sɑ̃/
past participle		émoussé /e.mu.se/
simple		émousser
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund¹
simple		émoussant /e.mu.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	émousse /e.mus/	émousses /e.mus/	émousse /e.mus/	émoussons /e.mu.sɔ̃/	émoussez /e.mu.se/	émoussent /e.mus/
	imperfect	émoussais /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussais /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussait /e.mu.sɛ/	émoussions /e.mu.sjɔ̃/	émoussiez /e.mu.sje/	émoussaient /e.mu.sɛ/
	past historic²	émoussai /e.mu.se/	émoussas /e.mu.sa/	émoussa /e.mu.sa/	émoussâmes /e.mu.sam/	émoussâtes /e.mu.sat/	émoussèrent /e.mu.sɛʁ/
	future	émousserai /e.mu.sʁe/	émousseras /e.mu.sʁa/	émoussera /e.mu.sʁa/	émousserons /e.mu.sʁɔ̃/	émousserez /e.mu.sʁe/	émousseront /e.mu.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	émousserais /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserais /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserait /e.mu.sʁɛ/	émousserions /e.mu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	émousseriez /e.mu.sə.ʁje/	émousseraient /e.mu.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	émousse /e.mus/	émousses /e.mus/	émousse /e.mus/	émoussions /e.mu.sjɔ̃/	émoussiez /e.mu.sje/	émoussent /e.mus/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	émoussasse /e.mu.sas/	émoussasses /e.mu.sas/	émoussât /e.mu.sa/	émoussassions /e.mu.sa.sjɔ̃/	émoussassiez /e.mu.sa.sje/	émoussassent /e.mu.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	émousse /e.mus/	—	émoussons /e.mu.sɔ̃/	émoussez /e.mu.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).

émousser

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