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Taxer
Tax′er
,Noun.
1.
One who taxes.
2.
One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
[Camb. Univ., Eng.]
[Written also
taxor
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Taxer
TAX'ER
,Noun.
1.
In Cambridge, two officers chosen yearly to see the true gauge of weights and measures observed.Definition 2024
taxer
taxer
English
Alternative forms
Noun
taxer (plural taxers)
- One who taxes.
- (Britain, Cambridge University) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō. Replaced the older tausser. Cf. also taux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.se/
Verb
taxer
- to tax, to impose a tax on
Conjugation
Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taxer | avoir taxé | |||||
| gerund | en taxant | en ayant taxé | |||||
| present participle | taxant /tak.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | taxé /tak.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 | taxe /taks/ |
taxes /taks/ |
taxe /taks/ |
taxons /tak.sɔ̃/ |
taxez /tak.se/ |
taxent /taks/ |
| imperfect | taxais /tak.sɛ/ |
taxais /tak.sɛ/ |
taxait /tak.sɛ/ |
taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/ |
taxiez /tak.sje/ |
taxaient /tak.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | taxai /tak.se/ |
taxas /tak.sa/ |
taxa /tak.sa/ |
taxâmes /tak.sam/ |
taxâtes /tak.sat/ |
taxèrent /tak.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | taxerai /tak.sə.ʁe/ |
taxeras /tak.sə.ʁa/ |
taxera /tak.sə.ʁa/ |
taxerons /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
taxerez /tak.sə.ʁe/ |
taxeront /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerait /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerions /tak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
taxeriez /tak.sə.ʁje/ |
taxeraient /tak.sə.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 | taxe /taks/ |
taxes /taks/ |
taxe /taks/ |
taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/ |
taxiez /tak.sje/ |
taxent /taks/ |
| imperfect1 |
taxasse /tak.sas/ |
taxasses /tak.sas/ |
taxât /tak.sa/ |
taxassions /tak.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
taxassiez /tak.sa.sje/ |
taxassent /tak.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 | – | |
| — | taxe /taks/ |
— | taxons /tak.sɔ̃/ |
taxez /tak.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- tauxer
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō. Cf. also the older form tauxer (whence French taux), tausser, which was replaced.
Verb
taxer
- to tax, to impose a tax on
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taxer | avoir taxé | |||||
| gerund | en taxant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | taxant | ||||||
| past participle | taxé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | taxe | taxes | taxe | taxons | taxez | taxent |
| imperfect | taxoie, taxeie, taxoe, taxeve | taxoies, taxeies, taxoes, taxeves | taxoit, taxeit, taxot, taxeve | taxiiens, taxiens | taxiiez, taxiez | taxoient, taxeient, taxoent, taxevent | |
| preterite | taxai | taxas | taxa | taxames | taxastes | taxerent | |
| future | taxerai | taxeras | taxera | taxerons | taxeroiz, taxereiz, taxerez | taxeront | |
| conditional | taxeroie, taxereie | taxeroies, taxereies | taxeroit, taxereit | taxeriiens, taxeriens | taxeriiez, taxeriez | taxeroient, taxereient | |
| 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 | taxe | taxes | taxe | taxons | taxez | taxent |
| imperfect | taxasse | taxasses | taxast | taxissons, taxissiens | taxissoiz, taxissez, taxissiez | taxassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | taxe | — | taxons | taxez | — | ||
Descendants
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō. Compare Italian tacere
Verb
taxer
- (intransitive) to shut up (be quiet)
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of taxer (second conjugation)
| infinitive | taxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | taxéndo | |||
| past participle | taxato | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | taxo | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxe | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxe |
| imperfect | taxéa | (te) taxivi | (el/ła) taxéa | taxévimo | taxivi | (i/łe) taxéa |
| future | taxarò | (te) taxarè | (el/ła) taxarà | taxarémo | taxarè | (i/łe) taxarà |
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | taxarìa | (te) taxarisi | (el/ła) taxarìa | taxarìsimo | taxarisi | (i/łe) taxarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | taxa | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxa | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxa |
| imperfect | taxése | (te) taxisi | (el/ła) taxése | taxésimo | taxisi | (i/łe) taxése |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxa | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxa | |