taxer
English
Alternative forms
- taxor
Etymology
tax + -er
Noun
taxer (plural taxers)
- One who taxes.
- (UK, 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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for taxer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Artex, extra, extra-, retax
French
Etymology
From Old French taxer, borrowed from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō. Replaced the older tausser. Cf. also taux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.se/
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Verb
taxer
- to tax, to impose a tax on
- (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to accuse someone of something
- taxer quelqu'un de malhonnêteté ― to accuse someone of dishonesty
- (proscribed, ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to call someone something
- Synonyms: traiter, qualifier
- On m'a taxé de menteur. ― I was called a liar.
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | taxer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | taxant /tak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | taxé /tak.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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/ | |
past historic2 | taxai /tak.se/ | taxas /tak.sa/ | taxa /tak.sa/ | taxâmes /tak.sam/ | taxâtes /tak.sat/ | taxèrent /tak.sɛʁ/ | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
(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 | taxe /taks/ | taxes /taks/ | taxe /taks/ | taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/ | taxiez /tak.sje/ | taxent /taks/ |
imperfect2 | taxasse /tak.sas/ | taxasses /tak.sas/ | taxât /tak.sa/ | taxassions /tak.sa.sjɔ̃/ | taxassiez /tak.sa.sje/ | taxassent /tak.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | taxe /taks/ | — | taxons /tak.sɔ̃/ | taxez /tak.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
- surtaxer
- taxation
Related terms
- taxe
- taux
Further reading
- “taxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
taxer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of taxō
Old French
Alternative forms
- tauxer
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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
- French: taxer
- → Middle English: taxen
- English: tax
- Scots: tax
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.
infinitive | taxer | |||||
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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 |