user

See also: US'er and useR

English

Etymology

From Middle English usere, equivalent to use +‎ -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːzə/
• (General American) enPR: yo͞o′zər, IPA^(key): /ˈjuzɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: us‧er

Noun

user (plural users)

1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
   • 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

   • 2019, The Highway Code (United Kingdom) Road Users Requiring Extra Care

     The most vulnerable road users are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It is particularly important to be aware of children, older and disabled people, and learner and inexperienced drivers and riders. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-users-requiring-extra-care-204-to-225

2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
4. (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
5. (Internet, informal) Clipping of username.
6. (derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
7. (law, dated) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
   • 2012, R. (Stephen Malpass) v Durham County Council, [2012] EWHC 1934 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/1934.html

     As to evidence of user...

     As to quality of user (i.e. was use by the public "as of right"), the inspector found that the grass over the whole of the application land has been regularly cut...

     ...which the inspector did not find sufficient of itself to render user permissive. Moreover, the defendant could not, the inspector advised, rely on communication to users that access to the land was regulated. Deferment to users of the organised pitches...

Usage notes

• In modern law, the legal sense is widely disfavored in order to guard against ambiguity.

Synonyms

• (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits): parasite

Antonyms

• nonuser, non-user

Hypernyms

• person

Derived terms

• 10-foot user interface
• character user interface
• drug user
• end-user, end user
• end user license agreement
• graphical user interface
• healthy user bias
• magic user
• mail user agent
• multi-user dungeon
• multi-user, multiuser
• natural user interface
• power user
• re-user
• road user
• root user
• single-user
• super-user
• useR
• user account
• user agent
• user-centric, usercentric
• user charge
• user control
• User Datagram Protocol
• user-defined
• user-defined function
• user-defined graphic
• useress
• user experience
• user-friendliness
• user friendly
• user-friendly
• user-generated content
• user group
• user-hostile
• user ID
• usermode
• user name
• user page
• user plane
• user story
• user time
• user-unfriendly
• user-upper
• user-worked
• use the user
• wheelchair user
• zombie user

Related terms

• abuser
• misuser
• user guide
• user interface
• user manual
• user satisfaction
• user's guide
• user's manual

Translations

one who uses something, a consumer

• Albanian: përdorues (sq) m
• Arabic: مُسْتَعْمِل (ar) m (mustaʕmil), مُسْتَخْدِم m (mustaḵdim)
• Armenian: օգտվող (ōgtvoġ)
• Asturian: usuariu m
• Bashkir: ҡулланыусы (qullanıwsı)
• Basque: erabiltzaile
• Belarusian: карыста́льнік m (karystálʹnik), карыста́льніца f (karystálʹnica)
• Belarusian: карыста́льнік m (karystálʹnik), карыста́льніца f (karystálʹnica)
• Bulgarian: потреби́тел (bg) m (potrebítel), потреби́телка f (potrebítelka)
• Catalan: usuari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使用者 (zh) (shǐyòngzhě), 用戶 / 用户 (zh) (yònghù)

• Czech: spotřebitel (cs) m, uživatel (cs) m, spotřebitelka (cs) f, uživatelka (cs) f
• Danish: bruger (da) c, konsument c
• Dutch: gebruiker (nl) m, gebruikster (nl) f
• Esperanto: uzanto (eo)
• Estonian: tarbija
• Finnish: käyttäjä (fi), kuluttaja (fi)
• French: consommateur (fr), utilisateur (fr)
• Galician: usuario (gl) m
• Georgian: მომხმარებელი (ka) (momxmarebeli)
• German: Benutzer (de) m, Verbraucher (de) m
• Greek: χρήστης (el) m (chrístis), χρήστρια (el) f (chrístria)
• Hindi: उपयोगकर्ता (hi) m (upyogkartā), उपभोक्ता (hi) m (upbhoktā), भोक्ता (hi) m (bhoktā)
• Hungarian: felhasználó (hu), használó (hu)
• Icelandic: notandi (is) m
• Ido: uzanto (io), uzero (io)
• Indonesian: konsumen (id)
• Interlingua: usator
• Italian: utente (it) m or f
• Japanese: 消費者 (ja) (しょうひしゃ, shōhisha), 利用者 (ja) (りようしゃ, riyōsha), 使用者 (ja) (しようしゃ, shiyōsha), ユーザー (ja) (yūzā), ユーザ (ja) (yūza)
• Korean: 사용자(使用者) (ko) (sayongja), 이용자(利用者) (ko) (iyongja), 리용자(利用者) (riyongja) (North Korea), 유저 (ko) (yujeo)
• Latin: utilitor m or f
• Latvian: lietotājs (lv) m, lietētāja f, jūzeris m
• Lithuanian: naudotojas m, naudotoja f
• Macedonian: корисник m (korisnik), корисничка m (korisnička), потрошувач m (potrošuvač), потрошувачка m (potrošuvačka)
• Malay: pengguna (ms), pengamal
• Malayalam: ഉപഭോക്താവ് (ml) (upabhōktāvŭ)
• Māori: kaiwhakamahi
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: абонемент (abońement)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bruker (no) m

  Nynorsk: brukar m

• Pannonian Rusyn: хаснователь m (xasnovatelʹ), хаснователька f (xasnovatelʹka), хасновач m (xasnovač)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کارْبَر (kârbar)

• Polish: użytkownik (pl) m, użytkowniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: consumidor (pt) m, usuário (pt) m (Brazil), utilizador (pt) m (Portugal)
• Punjabi: وَرتَݨ m (vartaṇ), ਵਰਤਣ m (vartaṇ)
• Romanian: utilizator (ro) m, consumator (ro) m
• Romansh: utilisader
• Russian: потреби́тель (ru) m (potrebítelʹ), потреби́тельница (ru) f (potrebítelʹnica), клие́нт (ru) m (klijént)
• Scots: uiser
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̀риснӣк m, ко̀рисница f

  Latin: kòrisnīk (sh) m, kòrisnica (sh) f

• Slovak: spotrebiteľ m, užívateľ m, spotrebiteľka f, užívateľka f
• Slovene: uporabnik (sl) m, uporabnica f
• Spanish: usuario (es) m, usador (es) m
• Swahili: mtumiaji (sw)
• Swedish: användare (sv) c, brukare (sv) c
• Tamil: நுகர்வோர் (ta) (nukarvōr)
• Tigrinya: ተጠቃሚ m (täṭäḳami), ተጠቃሚት f (täṭäḳamit)
• Turkish: tüketici (tr), kullanıcı (tr)
• Tuvan: ажыглакчы (ajıglakçı)
• Ukrainian: спожива́ч m (spožyváč), спожива́чка f (spožyváčka)
• Urdu: صارِف m (sārif)
• Volapük: (♂♀) geban (vo), (♂) higeban, (♀) jigeban
• Zazaki: xerckar, karber (diq)

one who uses drugs

• Belarusian: наркама́н m (narkamán), наркама́нка f (narkamánka)
• Bulgarian: потреби́тел (bg) m (potrebítel)
• Danish: misbruger c
• Dutch: druggebruiker (nl) m
• Estonian: väärtarbija
• Finnish: väärinkäyttäjä, käyttäjä (fi)
• German: Drogenkonsument (de) m
• Greek: χρήστης ναρκωτικών m (chrístis narkotikón), χρήστρια ναρκωτικών f (chrístria narkotikón)
• Hindi: चरसी (hi) m (carsī), भंगी (hi) m (bhaṅgī), भँगेड़ी m (bhaṅgeṛī)
• Hungarian: drogfogyasztó (hu)
• Icelandic: eiturlyfjanotandi m, dópisti (is) m
• Latvian: narkomāns m
• Malay: pengguna (ms)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مُعْتاد (mo'tâd)

• Portuguese: usuário (pt) m (Brazil), toxicodependente (pt) m (Portugal), drogado (pt) f (popular)
• Romanian: narcoman (ro) m, toxicoman (ro) m
• Russian: наркома́н (ru) m (narkomán), наркома́нка (ru) f (narkománka)
• Swahili: mlanguzi (sw)
• Swedish: brukare (sv) c, missbrukare (sv) c (addictive use)
• Ukrainian: наркома́н (uk) m (narkomán), наркома́нка f (narkománka)
• Zazaki: kar kerdox

person who uses a computer

• Abkhaz: алахәыла (alaxʷəla)
• Afrikaans: gebruiker (af)
• Albanian: përdorues (sq) m
• Amharic: አባል (ʾäbal)
• Arabic: مُسْتَخْدِم m (mustaḵdim), مُسْتَخْدِمَة f (mustaḵdima)

  Egyptian Arabic: يوزر m (yūzar)

• Armenian: օգտվող (ōgtvoġ), օգտատեր (hy) (ōgtater)
• Assamese: সদস্য (xodoisso), ব্যৱহাৰকাৰী (byowoharkari), ইউজাৰ (iuzar)
• Asturian: usuariu m
• Azerbaijani: işlədici (az)
• Bashkir: ҡулланыусы (qullanıwsı)
• Basque: erabiltzaile
• Belarusian: карыста́льнік m (karystálʹnik), карыста́льніца f (karystálʹnica)
• Bengali: ব্যবহারকারী (bn) (bêboharkari)
• Bulgarian: потреби́тел (bg) m (potrebítel), потреби́телка f (potrebítelka)
• Burmese: သုံးစွဲသူ (sum:cwai:su), အသုံးပြုသူ (a.sum:pru.su)
• Buryat: хэрэглэгшэ (xereglegše)
• Carpathian Rusyn: хоснователь m (xosnovatelʹ), хоснователька f (xosnovatelʹka)
• Catalan: usuari (ca) m, usuària (ca) f
• Chechen: декъашхо (deqʼašxo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 用戶 / 用户 (jung⁶ wu⁶)

  Eastern Min: 用戶 / 用户 (ê̤ṳng-hô)

  Hakka: 用戶 / 用户 (yung-fu)

  Hokkien: 用戶 / 用户 (zh-min-nan) (ēng-hǒ͘ / iōng-hō͘ / ēng-hō͘)

  Mandarin: 用戶 / 用户 (zh) (yònghù)

• Chuvash: хутшӑнакан (hutšănak̬an)
• Crimean Tatar: qullanıcı
• Czech: uživatel (cs) m, uživatelka (cs) f
• Danish: bruger (da) c
• Dutch: gebruiker (nl) m, gebruikster (nl) f
• Esperanto: uzanto (eo)
• Estonian: kasutaja (et)
• Finnish: käyttäjä (fi)
• French: utilisateur (fr) m, utilisatrice (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: brûker

• Galician: usuario (gl)
• Georgian: მომხმარებელი (ka) (momxmarebeli)
• German: Benutzer (de) m, Benutzerin (de) f, Anwender (de) m, Anwenderin (de) f
• Greek: χρήστης (el) m (chrístis), χρήστρια (el) f (chrístria)
• Gujarati: સભ્ય (sabhya)
• Hebrew: מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (he) m (mishtamésh), מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת f
• Hindi: सदस्य (hi) m (sadasya)
• Hungarian: felhasználó (hu)
• Icelandic: tölvunotandi (is) m, notandi (is) m
• Ido: uzanto (io)
• Indonesian: pengguna (id)
• Interlingua: usator
• Italian: utente (it) m or f
• Japanese: 利用者 (ja) (りようしゃ, riyōsha), ユーザー (ja) (yūzā), ユーザ (ja) (yūza)
• Kalmyk: олзлач (olzlaç)
• Kannada: ಸದಸ್ಯ (kn) (sadasya)
• Karakalpak: paydalanıwshı
• Kashubian: brëkòwnik m
• Kazakh: қатысушы (qatysuşy), пайдаланушы (kk) (paidalanuşy)
• Khmer: អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ (nĕək praə prah)
• Korean: 사용자(使用者) (ko) (sayongja), 이용자(利用者) (ko) (iyongja), 리용자(利用者) (riyongja) (North Korea), 유저 (ko) (yujeo)
• Kyrgyz: пайдаланушы (paydalanuşı)
• Lao: ຜູ້ໃຊ້ (phū sai)
• Latin: usor m
• Latvian: lietotājs (lv) m, lietētāja f, jūzeris m
• Lithuanian: naudotojas m, naudotoja f
• Luxembourgish: Benotzer m
• Macedonian: корисник m (korisnik), корисничка f (korisnička)
• Malay: pengguna (ms)
• Malayalam: ഉപയോക്താവ് (ml) (upayōktāvŭ)
• Maltese: utent m
• Māori: kaiwhakamahi
• Marathi: सदस्य (sadasya)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хэрэглэгч (mn) (xereglegč)

• Navajo: choyoołʼįįhí
• Nepali: प्रयोगकर्ता (prayogakartā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bruker (no) m

  Nynorsk: brukar m

• Odia: ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ (byabahārakāri)
• Ossetian: архайӕг (arxajæg)
• Pannonian Rusyn: хаснователь m (xasnovatelʹ), хаснователька f (xasnovatelʹka), хасновач m (xasnovač)
• Pashto: کارن (ps), کاروونکی m (kārawúnkay)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کارْبَر (kârbar)

• Polish: użytkownik (pl) m, użytkowniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: utilizador (pt) m (Portugal), utilizadora (pt) f (Portugal), usuário (pt) m (Brazil), usuária f (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰ (vartoṅkār)
• Romanian: utilizator (ro) m, utilizatoare f
• Russian: по́льзователь (ru) m (pólʹzovatelʹ), по́льзовательница (ru) f (pólʹzovatelʹnica), ю́зер (ru) m (júzer), уча́стник (ru) m (učástnik)
• Sanskrit: सदस्य (sa) m (sadasya)
• Scots: uiser
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̀риснӣк m, ко̀рисница f

  Latin: kòrisnīk (sh) m, kòrisnica (sh) f

• Silesian: używacz m
• Sinhalese: පරිශීලක (si) (pariśīlaka)
• Slovak: užívateľ m, užívateľka f
• Slovene: uporabnik (sl) m, uporabnica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wužywaŕ m

  Upper Sorbian: wužiwar m

• Spanish: usuario (es) m, usuaria f
• Swahili: mtumiaji (sw)
• Swedish: användare (sv) c
• Tajik: корбар (tg) (korbar)
• Tamil: பயனர் (ta) (payaṉar)
• Tatar: кулланучы (qullanuçı)
• Telugu: వాడుకరి (te) (vāḍukari)
• Thai: ผู้ใช้ (pûu-chái)
• Tigrinya: ተጠቃሚ m (täṭäḳami), ተጠቃሚት f (täṭäḳamit)
• Turkish: kullanıcı (tr)
• Turkmen: ulanyjy
• Tuvan: ажыглакчы (ajıglakçı)
• Ukrainian: користува́ч (uk) m (korystuváč), користува́чка f (korystuváčka)
• Urdu: صارِف m (sārif)
• Uyghur: ئىشلەتكۈچى (ishletküchi)
• Uzbek: foydalanuvchi
• Vietnamese: thành viên (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) geban (vo), (♂) higeban, (♀) jigeban
• Welsh: defnyddiwr (cy) m, defnyddwraig f
• Yakut: кыттааччы (kïttaaččï)
• Yiddish: באַניצער m (banitser)
• Zazaki: karwan (diq)

exploiter

• Armenian: շահագործող (hy) (šahagorcoġ)
• Bulgarian: използва́ч (bg) m (izpolzváč)
• Danish: udbytter c
• Estonian: ärakasutaja
• Finnish: hyväksikäyttäjä (fi)
• Latvian: patērētājs m, patērētāja f
• Macedonian: искористувач m (iskoristuvač), искористувачка f (iskoristuvačka)
• Malay: penyalah guna
• Māori: parakūkā, kaipaoke
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نابِکار (nâbekâr)

• Portuguese: explorador (pt) m
• Romanian: exploatator (ro) m
• Russian: манипуля́тор (ru) m (manipuljátor)
• Swahili: mtumizi
• Turkish: sömürücü (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} uporabnik (sl) m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kullanıcı (tr), ^{(please verify)} tüketici (tr), ^{(please verify)} kullanan

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, rues, ruse, suer, sure, ures

Blagar

Adjective

user

1. fast

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158

Czech

Verb

user

1. (vulgar) second-person singular imperative of usrat

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French user, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī. Cognate with Italian usare, Spanish usar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ze/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

user

1. to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in

   Trois kilomètres à pied, ça use les souliers.

   Three kilometers on foot wears out the shoes.

2. to use (used with de)

   Ne m'obligez pas à user de la force.

   Don't make me use force.

Conjugation

Conjugation of user (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	user
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	usant /y.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		usé /y.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	use /yz/	uses /yz/	use /yz/	usons /y.zɔ̃/	usez /y.ze/	usent /yz/
	imperfect	usais /y.zɛ/	usais /y.zɛ/	usait /y.zɛ/	usions /y.zjɔ̃/	usiez /y.zje/	usaient /y.zɛ/
	past historic2	usai /y.ze/	usas /y.za/	usa /y.za/	usâmes /y.zam/	usâtes /y.zat/	usèrent /y.zɛʁ/
	future	userai /yz.ʁe/	useras /yz.ʁa/	usera /yz.ʁa/	userons /yz.ʁɔ̃/	userez /yz.ʁe/	useront /yz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	userais /yz.ʁɛ/	userais /yz.ʁɛ/	userait /yz.ʁɛ/	userions /y.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	useriez /y.zə.ʁje/	useraient /yz.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	use /yz/	uses /yz/	use /yz/	usions /y.zjɔ̃/	usiez /y.zje/	usent /yz/
	imperfect2	usasse /y.zas/	usasses /y.zas/	usât /y.za/	usassions /y.za.sjɔ̃/	usassiez /y.za.sje/	usassent /y.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	use /yz/	—	usons /y.zɔ̃/	usez /y.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

• eaux usées
• usage
• usé jusqu'à la corde

Descendants

• → Romanian: uza

References

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

Anagrams

• rues, ruse, rusé, suer, sure, sûre

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French user, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī.

Verb

user

1. (transitive, cooking) to boil down

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

user

1. alternative form of usere

Etymology 2

Noun

user

1. alternative form of usure

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Old Frisian ūse(r) (“our”), Old Saxon ūser (“our”), Old High German unsēr, unsār (“our”), Old Norse órr, várr (“our”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 (unsar, “our”). Related to Old English ūs (“us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ser/, [ˈuː.zer]

Pronoun

ūser (possessive)

1. (Northumbrian or poetic) alternative form of ūre

Usage notes

In poetry, only the nominative singular and accusative singular neuter ūser, and the accusative singular masculine ūserne are found. In other cases, forms of ūre or usser are used

Declension

Declension of ūser — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ūser	ūseru, ūsru, ūsero, ūsro	ūser
Accusative	ūserne	ūsere, ūsre	ūser
Genitive	ūseres, ūsres	ūserre	ūseres, ūsres
Dative	ūserum, ūsrum	ūserre	ūserum, ūsrum
Instrumental	ūsere, ūsre	ūserre	ūsere, ūsre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ūsere, ūsre	ūsera, ūsra, ūsere, ūsre	ūseru, ūsru, ūsero, ūsro
Accusative	ūsere, ūsre	ūsera, ūsra, ūsere, ūsre	ūseru, ūsru, ūsero, ūsro
Genitive	ūserra	ūserra	ūserra
Dative	ūserum, ūsrum	ūserum, ūsrum	ūserum, ūsrum
Instrumental	ūserum, ūsrum	ūserum, ūsrum	ūserum, ūsrum

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī.

Verb

user

1. to use; to employ; to make use of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of user (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		user			avoir usé
gerund		en usant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		usant
past participle		usé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	us	uses	use	usons	usez	usent
	imperfect	usoie, useie, usoe, useve	usoies, useies, usoes, useves	usoit, useit, usot, useve	usiiens, usiens	usiiez, usiez	usoient, useient, usoent, usevent
	preterite	usai	usas	usa	usames	usastes	userent
	future	userai	useras	usera	userons	useroiz, usereiz, userez	useront
	conditional	useroie, usereie	useroies, usereies	useroit, usereit	useriiens, useriens	useriiez, useriez	useroient, usereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	us	us	ust	usons	usez	usent
	imperfect	usasse	usasses	usast	usissons, usissiens	usissoiz, usissez, usissiez	usassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	use	—	usons	usez	—

Descendants

• French: user
  • → Romanian: uza
• Gallo: user
• → Middle English: usen
  • English: use

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• ūse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. For development compare Old Norse órr.

Determiner

ūser

1. our

Declension

Declension of ūser — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ūser	ūser, ūsere, ūsre	ūser
Accusative	ūserene, ūsrene, ūserne	ūsere, ūsre	ūser
Genitive	ūseres, ūsres	ūserere, ūsrere, ūserre	ūseres, ūsres
Dative	ūsere, ūsre	ūserere, ūsrere, ūserre	ūsere, ūsre
Plural
Nominative		ūsere, ūsre
Accusative		ūsere, ūsre
Genitive		ūserera, ūsrera, ūserra
Dative		ūsere, ūsre

Descendants

• West Frisian: ús

Pronoun

ūser

1. genitive of wī: ours, of us

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra