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baissier
baissier
French
Noun
baissier m (plural baissiers, feminine baissière)
- bear (investor who anticipates falling prices)
Adjective
baissier m (feminine singular baissière, masculine plural baissiers, feminine plural baissières)
- bearish (of a market)
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus.
Verb
baissier
- to lower.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 baissier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | baissier | avoir baissié | |||||
| gerund | en baissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | baissant | ||||||
| past participle | baissié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | bais | baisses | baisse | baissons | baissiez | baissent |
| imperfect | baissoie, baisseie, baissoe, baissieve | baissoies, baisseies, baissoes, baissieves | baissoit, baisseit, baissot, baissieve | baissiiens, baissiens | baissiiez, baissiez | baissoient, baisseient, baissoent, baissievent | |
| preterite | baissai | baissas | baissa | baissames | baissastes | baissierent | |
| 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 | baissiez | 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 | baissiez | — | ||