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toiser
toiser
French
Verb
toiser
- (archaic, transitive) to measure, to gauge someone's height (originally, using a height gauge)
- (transitive) to size up
Conjugation
Conjugation of toiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | toiser | avoir toisé | |||||
| gerund | en toisant | en ayant toisé | |||||
| present participle | toisant /twa.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | toisé /twa.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | toise /twaz/ |
toises /twaz/ |
toise /twaz/ |
toisons /twa.zɔ̃/ |
toisez /twa.ze/ |
toisent /twaz/ |
| imperfect | toisais /twa.zɛ/ |
toisais /twa.zɛ/ |
toisait /twa.zɛ/ |
toisions /twa.zjɔ̃/ |
toisiez /twa.zje/ |
toisaient /twa.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | toisai /twa.ze/ |
toisas /twa.za/ |
toisa /twa.za/ |
toisâmes /twa.zam/ |
toisâtes /twa.zat/ |
toisèrent /twa.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | toiserai /twaz.ʁe/ |
toiseras /twaz.ʁa/ |
toisera /twaz.ʁa/ |
toiserons /twaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
toiserez /twaz.ʁe/ |
toiseront /twaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | toiserais /twaz.ʁɛ/ |
toiserais /twaz.ʁɛ/ |
toiserait /twaz.ʁɛ/ |
toiserions /twa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
toiseriez /twa.zə.ʁje/ |
toiseraient /twaz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | toise /twaz/ |
toises /twaz/ |
toise /twaz/ |
toisions /twa.zjɔ̃/ |
toisiez /twa.zje/ |
toisent /twaz/ |
| imperfect1 |
toisasse /twa.zas/ |
toisasses /twa.zas/ |
toisât /twa.za/ |
toisassions /twa.za.sjɔ̃/ |
toisassiez /twa.za.sje/ |
toisassent /twa.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | toise /twaz/ |
— | toisons /twa.zɔ̃/ |
toisez /twa.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- toisage
- toisement
- toiseur