dussé
French, verb
dussé is spelled D-U-S-S-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dussé is a French verb meaning “presubject first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, dusse is a different word: “first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir”.
What does dussé mean in English?
verb
- 1
presubject first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir
dussé-je en mourir
verb
- 1
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif du verbe devoir lors de la postposition du sujet principalement dans une phrase interrogative ou interronégative.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dussé
- dussé
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dussé in French?
dussé appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).