lisser
French
Etymology
Probably a borrowing from Italian liscio. Other theories include a crossing of Latin lixāre and allīsus, or of ultimately Germanic origin.
See also Spanish, Portuguese liso, Catalan llis, Italian liscio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.se/
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Verb
lisser
- to smooth
- to level
Conjugation
Conjugation of lisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | lisser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | lissant /li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | lissé /li.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | lisse /lis/ | lisses /lis/ | lisse /lis/ | lissons /li.sɔ̃/ | lissez /li.se/ | lissent /lis/ |
imperfect | lissais /li.sɛ/ | lissais /li.sɛ/ | lissait /li.sɛ/ | lissions /li.sjɔ̃/ | lissiez /li.sje/ | lissaient /li.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | lissai /li.se/ | lissas /li.sa/ | lissa /li.sa/ | lissâmes /li.sam/ | lissâtes /li.sat/ | lissèrent /li.sɛʁ/ | |
future | lisserai /li.sʁe/ | lisseras /li.sʁa/ | lissera /li.sʁa/ | lisserons /li.sʁɔ̃/ | lisserez /li.sʁe/ | lisseront /li.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | lisserais /li.sʁɛ/ | lisserais /li.sʁɛ/ | lisserait /li.sʁɛ/ | lisserions /li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | lisseriez /li.sə.ʁje/ | lisseraient /li.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 | lisse /lis/ | lisses /lis/ | lisse /lis/ | lissions /li.sjɔ̃/ | lissiez /li.sje/ | lissent /lis/ |
imperfect2 | lissasse /li.sas/ | lissasses /li.sas/ | lissât /li.sa/ | lissassions /li.sa.sjɔ̃/ | lissassiez /li.sa.sje/ | lissassent /li.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lisse /lis/ | — | lissons /li.sɔ̃/ | lissez /li.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). |
Related terms
- lisse
- lissage
Further reading
- “lisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.