fesser
French
Etymology
From faisse (compare Old French faisser), deriving from Latin fascia; with spelling influenced by unrelated fesse (“buttock”)). Compare also Late Latin fasciāre, present active infinitive of fasciō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛ.se/, /fe.se/
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Verb
fesser
- to spank
- Quand les enfants se tiennent mal, ses parents les fessent et tout ça se répéte le lendemain.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Quebec, slang) to whack
Conjugation
Conjugation of fesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fesser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fessant /fɛ.sɑ̃/ or /fe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fessé /fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | fesse /fɛs/ | fesses /fɛs/ | fesse /fɛs/ | fessons /fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /fe.sɔ̃/ | fessez /fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/ | fessent /fɛs/ |
| imperfect | fessais /fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/ | fessais /fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/ | fessait /fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/ | fessions /fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sjɔ̃/ | fessiez /fɛ.sje/ or /fe.sje/ | fessaient /fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fessai /fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/ | fessas /fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/ | fessa /fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/ | fessâmes /fɛ.sam/ or /fe.sam/ | fessâtes /fɛ.sat/ or /fe.sat/ | fessèrent /fɛ.sɛʁ/ or /fe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | fesserai /fɛ.sʁe/ or /fe.sʁe/ | fesseras /fɛ.sʁa/ or /fe.sʁa/ | fessera /fɛ.sʁa/ or /fe.sʁa/ | fesserons /fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /fe.sʁɔ̃/ | fesserez /fɛ.sʁe/ or /fe.sʁe/ | fesseront /fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /fe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fesserais /fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/ | fesserais /fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/ | fesserait /fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/ | fesserions /fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | fesseriez /fɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /fe.sə.ʁje/ | fesseraient /fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.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 | fesse /fɛs/ | fesses /fɛs/ | fesse /fɛs/ | fessions /fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sjɔ̃/ | fessiez /fɛ.sje/ or /fe.sje/ | fessent /fɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | fessasse /fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/ | fessasses /fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/ | fessât /fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/ | fessassions /fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | fessassiez /fɛ.sa.sje/ or /fe.sa.sje/ | fessassent /fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fesse /fɛs/ | — | fessons /fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /fe.sɔ̃/ | fessez /fɛ.se/ or /fe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- fessée
Further reading
- “fesser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.