causer

See also: Causer

English

Etymology

cause +‎ -er

Pronunciation
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Noun

causer (plural causers)

  1. someone or something that causes or produces an effect.

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Derived terms

References
  • The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cause +‎ -er.

Verb

causer

  1. to cause (be the cause of)
    Synonym: provoquer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin causārī.

Verb

causer

  1. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)
    Synonym: parler
    Tu causes le céfran, mec ? ― You speak frog, dude?
  2. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
    De quoi il cause ? ― What's he banging on about?
Conjugation
Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple causer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple causant
/ko.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle causé
/ko.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 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 cause
/koz/		 causes
/koz/		 cause
/koz/		 causions
/ko.zjɔ̃/		 causiez
/ko.zje/		 causent
/koz/
imperfect2 causasse
/ko.zas/		 causasses
/ko.zas/		 causât
/ko.za/		 causassions
/ko.za.sjɔ̃/		 causassiez
/ko.za.sje/		 causassent
/ko.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cause
/koz/		 — causons
/ko.zɔ̃/		 causez
/ko.ze/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

causer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor
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