abaisser
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French abaissier, from a (“to, towards”) + baissier (“to lower”). See Modern French à, baisser.
Pronunciation
- (Europe) IPA(key): /a.bɛ.se/, /a.be.se/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /a.bɛː.se/
- Homophones: abaissai, abaissé, abaissée, abaissées, abaissés, abaissez
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Verb
abaisser
- (literally, transitive) to lower; to reduce; to bring down
- (reflexive, transitive) to come or go down; to descend
- (figuratively, reflexive, transitive) to humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate
- (cooking) to roll out (the dough)
Conjugation
Conjugation of abaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abaisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abaissant /a.bɛ.sɑ̃/ or /a.be.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abaissé /a.bɛ.se/ or /a.be.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | abaisse /a.bɛs/ | abaisses /a.bɛs/ | abaisse /a.bɛs/ | abaissons /a.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.be.sɔ̃/ | abaissez /a.bɛ.se/ or /a.be.se/ | abaissent /a.bɛs/ |
| imperfect | abaissais /a.bɛ.sɛ/ or /a.be.sɛ/ | abaissais /a.bɛ.sɛ/ or /a.be.sɛ/ | abaissait /a.bɛ.sɛ/ or /a.be.sɛ/ | abaissions /a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.sjɔ̃/ | abaissiez /a.bɛ.sje/ or /a.be.sje/ | abaissaient /a.bɛ.sɛ/ or /a.be.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abaissai /a.bɛ.se/ or /a.be.se/ | abaissas /a.bɛ.sa/ or /a.be.sa/ | abaissa /a.bɛ.sa/ or /a.be.sa/ | abaissâmes /a.bɛ.sam/ or /a.be.sam/ | abaissâtes /a.bɛ.sat/ or /a.be.sat/ | abaissèrent /a.bɛ.sɛʁ/ or /a.be.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | abaisserai /a.bɛ.sʁe/ or /a.be.sʁe/ | abaisseras /a.bɛ.sʁa/ or /a.be.sʁa/ | abaissera /a.bɛ.sʁa/ or /a.be.sʁa/ | abaisserons /a.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.sʁɔ̃/ | abaisserez /a.bɛ.sʁe/ or /a.be.sʁe/ | abaisseront /a.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abaisserais /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.be.sʁɛ/ | abaisserais /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.be.sʁɛ/ | abaisserait /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.be.sʁɛ/ | abaisserions /a.bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | abaisseriez /a.bɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /a.be.sə.ʁje/ | abaisseraient /a.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /a.be.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | abaisse /a.bɛs/ | abaisses /a.bɛs/ | abaisse /a.bɛs/ | abaissions /a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.sjɔ̃/ | abaissiez /a.bɛ.sje/ or /a.be.sje/ | abaissent /a.bɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | abaissasse /a.bɛ.sas/ or /a.be.sas/ | abaissasses /a.bɛ.sas/ or /a.be.sas/ | abaissât /a.bɛ.sa/ or /a.be.sa/ | abaissassions /a.bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.sa.sjɔ̃/ | abaissassiez /a.bɛ.sa.sje/ or /a.be.sa.sje/ | abaissassent /a.bɛ.sas/ or /a.be.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abaisse /a.bɛs/ | — | abaissons /a.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /a.be.sɔ̃/ | abaissez /a.bɛ.se/ or /a.be.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'abaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'abaisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'abaissant /sa.bɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sa.be.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abaissé /a.bɛ.se/ or /a.be.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'abaisse /ma.bɛs/ | t'abaisses /ta.bɛs/ | s'abaisse /sa.bɛs/ | nous abaissons /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sɔ̃/ | vous abaissez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.se/ or /vu.z‿a.be.se/ | s'abaissent /sa.bɛs/ |
| imperfect | m'abaissais /ma.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ma.be.sɛ/ | t'abaissais /ta.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ta.be.sɛ/ | s'abaissait /sa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.be.sɛ/ | nous abaissions /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sjɔ̃/ | vous abaissiez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sje/ | s'abaissaient /sa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /sa.be.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'abaissai /ma.bɛ.se/ or /ma.be.se/ | t'abaissas /ta.bɛ.sa/ or /ta.be.sa/ | s'abaissa /sa.bɛ.sa/ or /sa.be.sa/ | nous abaissâmes /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sam/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sam/ | vous abaissâtes /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sat/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sat/ | s'abaissèrent /sa.bɛ.sɛʁ/ or /sa.be.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'abaisserai /ma.bɛ.sʁe/ or /ma.be.sʁe/ | t'abaisseras /ta.bɛ.sʁa/ or /ta.be.sʁa/ | s'abaissera /sa.bɛ.sʁa/ or /sa.be.sʁa/ | nous abaisserons /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sʁɔ̃/ | vous abaisserez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sʁe/ | s'abaisseront /sa.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /sa.be.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'abaisserais /ma.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ma.be.sʁɛ/ | t'abaisserais /ta.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ta.be.sʁɛ/ | s'abaisserait /sa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.be.sʁɛ/ | nous abaisserions /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous abaisseriez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sə.ʁje/ | s'abaisseraient /sa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sa.be.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'abaisse /ma.bɛs/ | t'abaisses /ta.bɛs/ | s'abaisse /sa.bɛs/ | nous abaissions /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sjɔ̃/ | vous abaissiez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sje/ | s'abaissent /sa.bɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | m'abaissasse /ma.bɛ.sas/ or /ma.be.sas/ | t'abaissasses /ta.bɛ.sas/ or /ta.be.sas/ | s'abaissât /sa.bɛ.sa/ or /sa.be.sa/ | nous abaissassions /nu.z‿a.bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.sa.sjɔ̃/ | vous abaissassiez /vu.z‿a.bɛ.sa.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.sa.sje/ | s'abaissassent /sa.bɛ.sas/ or /sa.be.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abaisse-toi /a.bɛs.twa/ | — | abaissons-nous /a.bɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /a.be.sɔ̃.nu/ | abaissez-vous /a.bɛ.se.vu/ or /a.be.se.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Antonyms
- élever
- hausser
- glorifier
Derived terms
- abaissable
- abaissant
- abaissement m
- abaisseur m & adjective
Related terms
- à bas
- abas
Descendants
- English: to abase
- Mauritian Creole: abese
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “abaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- abriasse, baiseras, baissera, baserais, ébraisas, ébrasais, rabaisse, rabaissé