causer
English
Etymology
Noun
causer (plural causers)
- someone or something that causes or produces an effect.
Synonyms
References
- The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.ze/
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Etymology 1
From cause.
Verb
causer
- to cause, to be the cause of
Synonyms
- (to cause): provoquer
Etymology 2
Verb
causer
- (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)
- (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
- De quoi il cause ?
- Whats he banging on about?
- De quoi il cause ?
Conjugation
Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | causer | avoir causé | |||||
| gerund | en causant | en ayant causé | |||||
| present participle | causant /ko.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | causé /ko.ze/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cause /koz/ |
causes /koz/ |
cause /koz/ |
causons /ko.zɔ̃/ |
causez /ko.ze/ |
causent /koz/ |
| imperfect | causais /ko.zɛ/ |
causais /ko.zɛ/ |
causait /ko.zɛ/ |
causions /ko.zjɔ̃/ |
causiez /ko.zje/ |
causaient /ko.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | causai /ko.ze/ |
causas /ko.za/ |
causa /ko.za/ |
causâmes /ko.zam/ |
causâtes /ko.zat/ |
causèrent /ko.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | causerai /koz.ʁe/ |
causeras /koz.ʁa/ |
causera /koz.ʁa/ |
causerons /koz.ʁɔ̃/ |
causerez /koz.ʁe/ |
causeront /koz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | causerais /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerais /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerait /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerions /ko.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
causeriez /ko.zə.ʁje/ |
causeraient /koz.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cause /koz/ |
causes /koz/ |
cause /koz/ |
causions /ko.zjɔ̃/ |
causiez /ko.zje/ |
causent /koz/ |
| imperfect1 | causasse /ko.zas/ |
causasses /ko.zas/ |
causât /ko.za/ |
causassions /ko.za.sjɔ̃/ |
causassiez /ko.za.sje/ |
causassent /ko.zas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cause /koz/ |
— | causons /ko.zɔ̃/ |
causez /ko.ze/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- (to speak): parler
Anagrams
Further reading
- “causer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
causer
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor
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