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abaisser
abaisser
French
Verb
abaisser
- (literally transitive) To lower; to reduce; to bring down
- (reflexive, transitive) To come or go down; to descend.
- (figuratively, transitive) To abase, degrade, humiliate.
- Le fils répentant s'abaissait en abaissant sa culotte pour une fessée bien-méritée
- The repenting son humbled himself by lowering his briefs for a well-deserved spanking
- Le fils répentant s'abaissait en abaissant sa culotte pour une fessée bien-méritée
Antonyms
Derived terms
- abaissant
- abaisseur m & adjective
- abaissable
- abaissement m
Descendants
- English: to abase
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of abaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abaisser | avoir abaissé | |||||
| gerund | en abaissant | en ayant abaissé | |||||
| present participle | abaissant /a.bɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abaissé /a.bɛ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abaisse /a.bɛs/ |
abaisses /a.bɛs/ |
abaisse /a.bɛs/ |
abaissons /a.bɛ.sɔ̃/ |
abaissez /a.bɛ.se/ |
abaissent /a.bɛs/ |
| imperfect | abaissais /a.bɛ.sɛ/ |
abaissais /a.bɛ.sɛ/ |
abaissait /a.bɛ.sɛ/ |
abaissions /a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
abaissiez /a.bɛ.sje/ |
abaissaient /a.bɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abaissai /a.bɛ.se/ |
abaissas /a.bɛ.sa/ |
abaissa /a.bɛ.sa/ |
abaissâmes /a.bɛ.sam/ |
abaissâtes /a.bɛ.sat/ |
abaissèrent /a.bɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | abaisserai /a.bɛ.sʁe/ |
abaisseras /a.bɛ.sʁa/ |
abaissera /a.bɛ.sʁa/ |
abaisserons /a.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
abaisserez /a.bɛ.sʁe/ |
abaisseront /a.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abaisserais /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
abaisserais /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
abaisserait /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
abaisserions /a.bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abaisseriez /a.bɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
abaisseraient /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
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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 | abaisse /a.bɛs/ |
abaisses /a.bɛs/ |
abaisse /a.bɛs/ |
abaissions /a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
abaissiez /a.bɛ.sje/ |
abaissent /a.bɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
abaissasse /a.bɛ.sas/ |
abaissasses /a.bɛ.sas/ |
abaissât /a.bɛ.sa/ |
abaissassions /a.bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
abaissassiez /a.bɛ.sa.sje/ |
abaissassent /a.bɛ.sas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | abaisse /a.bɛs/ |
— | abaissons /a.bɛ.sɔ̃/ |
abaissez /a.bɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition