causer

See also: Causer

English

Etymology

From cause ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

causer (plural causers)

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

Synonyms

• author
• originator
• source

Derived terms

• trouble causer

References

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

Anagrams

• SACEUR, Surace, cesura, saucer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ze/
• Homophones: causai, causé, causée, causées, causés, causez

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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?

   • 1966, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”:

     Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne cause pas Monsieur, on ne cause pas, on compte

     You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count

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).

Derived terms

• cause toujours
• causer chiffons
• tu peux causer

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• creusa, sucera

Latin

Verb

causer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of causor