posséder in French dictionary

  • posséder

    Meanings and definitions of "posséder"

    • Être en possession (d'un objet).
    • posséder (des connaissances en)
    • Avoir des caractéristiques particuliers.

    Synonyms of "posséder" in French dictionary

    saisir, coincer, faire marcher are the top synonyms of "posséder" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of posséder

    • (Verb) This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written posséder-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written possèder-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.    Conjugation of posséder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive posséder avoir or être possédé
      gerund en possédant Use the gerund of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      present participle possédant
      past participle possédé
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present possède possèdes possède possédons possédez possèdent
      imperfect possédais possédais possédait possédions possédiez possédaient
      past historic1 possédai possédas posséda possédâmes possédâtes possédèrent
      future possèderai or posséderai possèderas or posséderas possèdera or possédera possèderons or posséderons possèderez or posséderez possèderont or posséderont
      conditional possèderais or posséderais possèderais or posséderais possèderait or posséderait possèderions or posséderions possèderiez or posséderiez possèderaient or posséderaient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present possède possèdes possède possédions possédiez possèdent
      imperfect1 possédasse possédasses possédât possédassions possédassiez possédassent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — possède — possédons possédez —
      1literary tenses
    • posséder
    • This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written posséder-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written possèder-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here. Conjugation of posséder
      simple compound
      infinitive posséder avoir possédé
      gerund en possédant en ayant possédé
      present participle possédant
      /pɔ.se.dɑ̃/
      past participle possédé
      /pɔ.se.de/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present possède
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possèdes
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possède
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possédons
      /pɔ.se.dɔ̃/       		possédez
      /pɔ.se.de/       		possèdent
      /pɔ.sɛd/
      imperfect possédais
      /pɔ.se.dɛ/       		possédais
      /pɔ.se.dɛ/       		possédait
      /pɔ.se.dɛ/       		possédions
      /pɔ.se.djɔ̃/       		possédiez
      /pɔ.se.dje/       		possédaient
      /pɔ.se.dɛ/
      past historic1 possédai
      /pɔ.se.de/       		possédas
      /pɔ.se.da/       		posséda
      /pɔ.se.da/       		possédâmes
      /pɔ.se.dam/       		possédâtes
      /pɔ.se.dat/       		possédèrent
      /pɔ.se.dɛʁ/
      future possèderai or posséderai
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁe/       		possèderas or posséderas
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁa/       		possèdera or possédera
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁa/       		possèderons or posséderons
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/       		possèderez or posséderez
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁe/       		possèderont or posséderont
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɔ̃/
      conditional possèderais or posséderais
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɛ/       		possèderais or posséderais
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɛ/       		possèderait or posséderait
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɛ/       		possèderions or posséderions
      /pɔ.sɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/       		possèderiez or posséderiez
      /pɔ.sɛ.də.ʁje/       		possèderaient or posséderaient
      /pɔ.sɛ.dʁɛ/
      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 possède
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possèdes
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possède
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		possédions
      /pɔ.se.djɔ̃/       		possédiez
      /pɔ.se.dje/       		possèdent
      /pɔ.sɛd/
      imperfect1 possédasse
      /pɔ.se.das/       		possédasses
      /pɔ.se.das/       		possédât
      /pɔ.se.da/       		possédassions
      /pɔ.se.da.sjɔ̃/       		possédassiez
      /pɔ.se.da.sje/       		possédassent
      /pɔ.se.das/
      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 –
      — possède
      /pɔ.sɛd/       		— possédons
      /pɔ.se.dɔ̃/       		possédez
      /pɔ.se.de/       		—
      1literary tenses
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