avocasser
French
Etymology
From avocat (“lawyer”) + -asse.
Pronunciation
Verb
avocasser
- to practise as a lawyer poorly and without dignity
- to cavil; to make petty, pedantic, sophistical, or contemptible arguments; to pettifog; to rules lawyer
Conjugation
Conjugation of avocasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | avocasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | avocassant /a.vɔ.ka.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | avocassé /a.vɔ.ka.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | avocasse /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocasses /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocasse /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocassons /a.vɔ.ka.sɔ̃/ |
avocassez /a.vɔ.ka.se/ |
avocassent /a.vɔ.kas/ |
| imperfect | avocassais /a.vɔ.ka.sɛ/ |
avocassais /a.vɔ.ka.sɛ/ |
avocassait /a.vɔ.ka.sɛ/ |
avocassions /a.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
avocassiez /a.vɔ.ka.sje/ |
avocassaient /a.vɔ.ka.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | avocassai /a.vɔ.ka.se/ |
avocassas /a.vɔ.ka.sa/ |
avocassa /a.vɔ.ka.sa/ |
avocassâmes /a.vɔ.ka.sam/ |
avocassâtes /a.vɔ.ka.sat/ |
avocassèrent /a.vɔ.ka.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | avocasserai /a.vɔ.ka.sʁe/ |
avocasseras /a.vɔ.ka.sʁa/ |
avocassera /a.vɔ.ka.sʁa/ |
avocasserons /a.vɔ.ka.sʁɔ̃/ |
avocasserez /a.vɔ.ka.sʁe/ |
avocasseront /a.vɔ.ka.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | avocasserais /a.vɔ.ka.sʁɛ/ |
avocasserais /a.vɔ.ka.sʁɛ/ |
avocasserait /a.vɔ.ka.sʁɛ/ |
avocasserions /a.vɔ.ka.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avocasseriez /a.vɔ.ka.sə.ʁje/ |
avocasseraient /a.vɔ.ka.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 | avocasse /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocasses /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocasse /a.vɔ.kas/ |
avocassions /a.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
avocassiez /a.vɔ.ka.sje/ |
avocassent /a.vɔ.kas/ |
| imperfect2 | avocassasse /a.vɔ.ka.sas/ |
avocassasses /a.vɔ.ka.sas/ |
avocassât /a.vɔ.ka.sa/ |
avocassassions /a.vɔ.ka.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
avocassassiez /a.vɔ.ka.sa.sje/ |
avocassassent /a.vɔ.ka.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | avocasse /a.vɔ.kas/ |
— | avocassons /a.vɔ.ka.sɔ̃/ |
avocassez /a.vɔ.ka.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- “avocasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.