"imposer" meaning in French

See imposer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛ̃.po.ze/ Audio: Fr-imposer.ogg
Etymology: From Latin imponere; by surface analysis im- + poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la|impono|imponere}} Latin imponere, {{af|fr|in-|poser|alt1=im-}} im- + poser Head templates: {{fr-verb}} imposer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], imposer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], imposant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], imposé [participle, past], impose [first-person, indicative, present, singular], imposes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], impose [indicative, present, singular, third-person], imposons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], imposez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], imposent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], imposais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], imposais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], imposait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], imposions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], imposiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], imposaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], imposai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], imposas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], imposa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], imposâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], imposâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], imposèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], imposerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], imposeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], imposera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], imposerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], imposerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], imposeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], imposerais [conditional, first-person, singular], imposerais [conditional, second-person, singular], imposerait [conditional, singular, third-person], imposerions [conditional, first-person, plural], imposeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], imposeraient [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], impose [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], imposes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], impose [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], imposions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], imposiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], imposent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], imposasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], imposasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], imposât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], imposassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], imposassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], imposassent [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], impose [imperative, second-person, singular], imposons [first-person, imperative, plural], imposez [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. to impose
    Sense id: en-imposer-fr-verb-l-0qyznJ Categories (other): French terms prefixed with in-, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 21 18 20 22 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 21 20 22 18 18
  2. to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
    Sense id: en-imposer-fr-verb-sv2cCXUS Categories (other): French terms prefixed with in-, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 21 18 20 22 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 21 20 22 18 18
  3. (reflexive) to triumph, to win Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-imposer-fr-verb-cWBekpGX Categories (other): French terms prefixed with in-, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 21 18 20 22 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 21 20 22 18 18
  4. (reflexive) to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-imposer-fr-verb-9Dn3XFem Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in-, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 5 39 44 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 21 18 20 22 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 21 20 22 18 18
  5. (reflexive) to be required, to be called for Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-imposer-fr-verb-9O3jmQQz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in-, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 5 39 44 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 21 18 20 22 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 21 20 22 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en imposer, imposant, impôt

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en imposer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imposant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "impôt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "impono",
        "4": "imponere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin imponere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "in-",
        "3": "poser",
        "alt1": "im-"
      },
      "expansion": "im- + poser",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin imponere; by surface analysis im- + poser. Cf. the Old French form emposer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposant",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposé",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.ze/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impose",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposes",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impose",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposons",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.ze/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposent",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposais",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposais",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposait",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposions",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposiez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposaient",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposai",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.ze/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposas",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.za/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposa",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.za/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposâmes",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposâtes",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerai",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposeras",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposera",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerons",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposeront",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerais",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerais",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerait",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposerions",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposeriez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposeraient",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impose",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposes",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impose",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposions",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposiez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposent",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposasse",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposasses",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposât",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.za/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposassions",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.za.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposassent",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impose",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.poz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposons",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.zɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imposez",
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.po.ze/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "imposer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 20 22 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms prefixed with in-",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 22 18 18",
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          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to impose"
      ],
      "id": "en-imposer-fr-verb-l-0qyznJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "impose",
          "impose"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.",
          "text": "Le régime s’est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)"
      ],
      "id": "en-imposer-fr-verb-sv2cCXUS",
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        [
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          "tax"
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      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 22 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.",
          "text": "Il s’est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to triumph, to win"
      ],
      "id": "en-imposer-fr-verb-cWBekpGX",
      "links": [
        [
          "triumph",
          "triumph"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to triumph, to win"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 5 39 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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