oser
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ausāre, from Latin ausus, perfect passive participle of audeō. Compare Occitan ausar, Catalan gosar, Italian osare, Spanish osar, Portuguese ousar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.ze/
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Verb
oser
- to dare
- Je n'ose pas lui dire la vérité.
- I don't dare tell him the truth.
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- (Switzerland) to be allowed to
Conjugation
Conjugation of oser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | oser | avoir osé | |||||
| gerund | en osant | en ayant osé | |||||
| present participle | osant /o.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | osé /o.ze/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ose /oz/ |
oses /oz/ |
ose /oz/ |
osons /o.zɔ̃/ |
osez /o.ze/ |
osent /oz/ |
| imperfect | osais /o.zɛ/ |
osais /o.zɛ/ |
osait /o.zɛ/ |
osions /o.zjɔ̃/ |
osiez /o.zje/ |
osaient /o.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | osai /o.ze/ |
osas /o.za/ |
osa /o.za/ |
osâmes /o.zam/ |
osâtes /o.zat/ |
osèrent /o.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | oserai /oz.ʁe/ |
oseras /oz.ʁa/ |
osera /oz.ʁa/ |
oserons /oz.ʁɔ̃/ |
oserez /oz.ʁe/ |
oseront /oz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | oserais /oz.ʁɛ/ |
oserais /oz.ʁɛ/ |
oserait /oz.ʁɛ/ |
oserions /o.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
oseriez /o.zə.ʁje/ |
oseraient /oz.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 | ose /oz/ |
oses /oz/ |
ose /oz/ |
osions /o.zjɔ̃/ |
osiez /o.zje/ |
osent /oz/ |
| imperfect1 | osasse /o.zas/ |
osasses /o.zas/ |
osât /o.za/ |
osassions /o.za.sjɔ̃/ |
osassiez /o.za.sje/ |
osassent /o.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 | – | |
| — | ose /oz/ |
— | osons /o.zɔ̃/ |
osez /o.ze/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “oser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ausāre, from Latin ausus, perfect passive participle of audeō.
Verb
oser
- to dare
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 oser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | oser | avoir osé | |||||
| gerund | en osant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | osant | ||||||
| past participle | osé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | os | oses | ose | osons | osez | osent |
| imperfect | osoie, oseie, osoe, oseve | osoies, oseies, osoes, oseves | osoit, oseit, osot, oseve | osiiens, osiens | osiiez, osiez | osoient, oseient, osoent, osevent | |
| preterite | osai | osas | osa | osames | osastes | oserent | |
| future | oserai | oseras | osera | oserons | oseroiz, osereiz, oserez | oseront | |
| conditional | oseroie, osereie | oseroies, osereies | oseroit, osereit | oseriiens, oseriens | oseriiez, oseriez | oseroient, osereient | |
| 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 | os | os | ost | osons | osez | osent |
| imperfect | osasse | osasses | osast | osissons, osissiens | osissoiz, osissez, osissiez | osassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | ose | — | osons | osez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: oser
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