"causer" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /ko.ze/ Audio: Fr-causer.ogg
Etymology: From cause + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|cause|-er}} cause + -er Head templates: {{fr-verb}} causer
  1. to cause (be the cause of) Synonyms: provoquer
    Sense id: en-causer-fr-verb-k~grMTSe Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -er, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 44 26 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ko.ze/ Audio: Fr-causer.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin causārī. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|causor|causārī||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin causārī, {{bor+|fr|la|causor|causārī}} Borrowed from Latin causārī Head templates: {{fr-verb}} causer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], causer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], causant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], causé [participle, past], cause [first-person, indicative, present, singular], causes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cause [indicative, present, singular, third-person], causons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], causez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], causent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], causais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], causais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], causait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], causions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], causiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], causaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], causai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], causas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], causa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], causâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], causâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], causèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], causerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], causeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], causera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], causerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], causerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], causeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], causerais [conditional, first-person, singular], causerais [conditional, second-person, singular], causerait [conditional, singular, third-person], causerions [conditional, first-person, plural], causeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], causeraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], cause [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], causes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cause [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], causions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], causiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], causent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], causasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], causasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], causât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], causassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], causassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], causassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], cause [imperative, second-person, singular], causons [first-person, imperative, plural], causez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (informal, transitive) to speak (a language) Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: parler
    Sense id: en-causer-fr-verb-wr3OButQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50
  2. (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-causer-fr-verb-FpHnfjc0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cause toujours, causer chiffons, tu peux causer
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "homophone": "causée"
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      "ipa": "/koz.ʁɛ/",
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      "form": "causeriez",
      "ipa": "/ko.zə.ʁje/",
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    },
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cause",
      "ipa": "/koz/",
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    },
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      "form": "causions",
      "ipa": "/ko.zjɔ̃/",
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    },
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      "form": "causiez",
      "ipa": "/ko.zje/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "causent",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "causasse",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "causassions",
      "ipa": "/ko.za.sjɔ̃/",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "cause",
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ko.zɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "causez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You speak frog, dude?",
          "text": "Tu causes le céfran, mec ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speak (a language)"
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      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "What's he banging on about?",
          "text": "De quoi il cause ?",
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        {
          "english": "You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count",
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      "categories": [
        "French informal terms",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "You speak frog, dude?",
          "text": "Tu causes le céfran, mec ?",
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        }
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "French intransitive verbs",
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          "english": "What's he banging on about?",
          "text": "De quoi il cause ?",
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        {
          "english": "You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count",
          "ref": "1966, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”",
          "text": "Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne cause pas Monsieur, on ne cause pas, on compte",
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      "homophone": "causé"
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      "homophone": "causée"
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      "homophone": "causées"
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      "homophone": "causés"
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