dessiner
French
Etymology
From Middle French desseigner, borrowed from Italian disegnare. Doublet of désigner.
Pronunciation
Verb
dessiner
- to draw, to sketch
- to draw up, to design
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, se dessiner) to take shape, to appear slowly
Conjugation
Conjugation of dessiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dessiner | avoir dessiné | |||||
| gerund | en dessinant | en ayant dessiné | |||||
| present participle | dessinant /de.si.nɑ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | dessiné /de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | 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 | 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/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | 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 | – | |
| — | dessine /de.sin/ or /dɛ.sin/ |
— | dessinons /de.si.nɔ̃/ or /dɛ.si.nɔ̃/ |
dessinez /de.si.ne/ or /dɛ.si.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dessiner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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