arroser

See also: arrôser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrōsāre, from Latin rōs (“dew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁo.ze/

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Verb

arroser

1. to water (e.g. plants)
2. to sprinkle
3. to squirt
4. to spray

   arroser de balles ― spray with bullets

5. to celebrate (with a drink)

   arroser une victoire ― to celebrate a victory (by drinking)

6. to grease someone's palm, to bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of arroser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	arroser
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	arrosant /a.ʁo.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		arrosé /a.ʁo.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arrose /a.ʁoz/	arroses /a.ʁoz/	arrose /a.ʁoz/	arrosons /a.ʁo.zɔ̃/	arrosez /a.ʁo.ze/	arrosent /a.ʁoz/
	imperfect	arrosais /a.ʁo.zɛ/	arrosais /a.ʁo.zɛ/	arrosait /a.ʁo.zɛ/	arrosions /a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/	arrosiez /a.ʁo.zje/	arrosaient /a.ʁo.zɛ/
	past historic2	arrosai /a.ʁo.ze/	arrosas /a.ʁo.za/	arrosa /a.ʁo.za/	arrosâmes /a.ʁo.zam/	arrosâtes /a.ʁo.zat/	arrosèrent /a.ʁo.zɛʁ/
	future	arroserai /a.ʁoz.ʁe/	arroseras /a.ʁoz.ʁa/	arrosera /a.ʁoz.ʁa/	arroserons /a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/	arroserez /a.ʁoz.ʁe/	arroseront /a.ʁoz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	arroserais /a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/	arroserais /a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/	arroserait /a.ʁoz.ʁɛ/	arroserions /a.ʁo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	arroseriez /a.ʁo.zə.ʁje/	arroseraient /a.ʁoz.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	arrose /a.ʁoz/	arroses /a.ʁoz/	arrose /a.ʁoz/	arrosions /a.ʁo.zjɔ̃/	arrosiez /a.ʁo.zje/	arrosent /a.ʁoz/
	imperfect2	arrosasse /a.ʁo.zas/	arrosasses /a.ʁo.zas/	arrosât /a.ʁo.za/	arrosassions /a.ʁo.za.sjɔ̃/	arrosassiez /a.ʁo.za.sje/	arrosassent /a.ʁo.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arrose /a.ʁoz/	—	arrosons /a.ʁo.zɔ̃/	arrosez /a.ʁo.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).

Related terms

• arrosage
• arroseur
• arrosoir

Further reading

• “arroser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.