cabosser

French

Etymology

From ca- +‎ bosse +‎ -er, with influence from caboche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bɔ.se/

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Verb

cabosser

1. (transitive, informal) to dent

Conjugation

Conjugation of cabosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cabosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cabossant /ka.bɔ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cabossé /ka.bɔ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cabosse /ka.bɔs/	cabosses /ka.bɔs/	cabosse /ka.bɔs/	cabossons /ka.bɔ.sɔ̃/	cabossez /ka.bɔ.se/	cabossent /ka.bɔs/
	imperfect	cabossais /ka.bɔ.sɛ/	cabossais /ka.bɔ.sɛ/	cabossait /ka.bɔ.sɛ/	cabossions /ka.bɔ.sjɔ̃/	cabossiez /ka.bɔ.sje/	cabossaient /ka.bɔ.sɛ/
	past historic2	cabossai /ka.bɔ.se/	cabossas /ka.bɔ.sa/	cabossa /ka.bɔ.sa/	cabossâmes /ka.bɔ.sam/	cabossâtes /ka.bɔ.sat/	cabossèrent /ka.bɔ.sɛʁ/
	future	cabosserai /ka.bɔ.sʁe/	cabosseras /ka.bɔ.sʁa/	cabossera /ka.bɔ.sʁa/	cabosserons /ka.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/	cabosserez /ka.bɔ.sʁe/	cabosseront /ka.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cabosserais /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/	cabosserais /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/	cabosserait /ka.bɔ.sʁɛ/	cabosserions /ka.bɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	cabosseriez /ka.bɔ.sə.ʁje/	cabosseraient /ka.bɔ.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	cabosse /ka.bɔs/	cabosses /ka.bɔs/	cabosse /ka.bɔs/	cabossions /ka.bɔ.sjɔ̃/	cabossiez /ka.bɔ.sje/	cabossent /ka.bɔs/
	imperfect2	cabossasse /ka.bɔ.sas/	cabossasses /ka.bɔ.sas/	cabossât /ka.bɔ.sa/	cabossassions /ka.bɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/	cabossassiez /ka.bɔ.sa.sje/	cabossassent /ka.bɔ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cabosse /ka.bɔs/	—	cabossons /ka.bɔ.sɔ̃/	cabossez /ka.bɔ.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: 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).

Further reading

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