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baisser
baisser
French
Verb
baisser
- to lower.
- to turn down (as a volume/setting).
- to go down, fall.
- to fail.
- (reflexive, se baisser) To lower oneself; to bend over.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of baisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | baisser | avoir baissé | |||||
| gerund | en baissant | en ayant baissé | |||||
| present participle | baissant /bɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | baissé /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 | baisse /bɛs/ |
baisses /bɛs/ |
baisse /bɛs/ |
baissons /bɛ.sɔ̃/ |
baissez /bɛ.se/ |
baissent /bɛs/ |
| imperfect | baissais /bɛ.sɛ/ |
baissais /bɛ.sɛ/ |
baissait /bɛ.sɛ/ |
baissions /bɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
baissiez /bɛ.sje/ |
baissaient /bɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | baissai /bɛ.se/ |
baissas /bɛ.sa/ |
baissa /bɛ.sa/ |
baissâmes /bɛ.sam/ |
baissâtes /bɛ.sat/ |
baissèrent /bɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | baisserai /bɛ.sʁe/ |
baisseras /bɛ.sʁa/ |
baissera /bɛ.sʁa/ |
baisserons /bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
baisserez /bɛ.sʁe/ |
baisseront /bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | baisserais /bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
baisserais /bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
baisserait /bɛ.sʁɛ/ |
baisserions /bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
baisseriez /bɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
baisseraient /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 | baisse /bɛs/ |
baisses /bɛs/ |
baisse /bɛs/ |
baissions /bɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
baissiez /bɛ.sje/ |
baissent /bɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
baissasse /bɛ.sas/ |
baissasses /bɛ.sas/ |
baissât /bɛ.sa/ |
baissassions /bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
baissassiez /bɛ.sa.sje/ |
baissassent /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 | – | |
| — | baisse /bɛs/ |
— | baissons /bɛ.sɔ̃/ |
baissez /bɛ.se/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Verb
baisser
- Alternative form of baissier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of baisser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | baisser | avoir baissé | |||||
| gerund | en baissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | baissant | ||||||
| past participle | baissé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bais | baisses | baisse | baissons | baissez | baissent |
| imperfect | baissoie, baisseie, baissoe, baisseve | baissoies, baisseies, baissoes, baisseves | baissoit, baisseit, baissot, baisseve | baissiiens, baissiens | baissiiez, baissiez | baissoient, baisseient, baissoent, baissevent | |
| preterite | baissai | baissas | baissa | baissames | baissastes | baisserent | |
| future | baisserai | baisseras | baissera | baisserons | baisseroiz, baissereiz, baisserez | baisseront | |
| conditional | baisseroie, baissereie | baisseroies, baissereies | baisseroit, baissereit | baisseriiens, baisseriens | baisseriiez, baisseriez | baisseroient, baissereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bais | bais | baist | baissons | baissez | baissent |
| imperfect | baissasse | baissasses | baissast | baississons, baississiens | baississoiz, baississez, baississiez | baissassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | baisse | — | baissons | baissez | — | ||