vesser
French
Etymology
vesse + -er, or rather an alteration of Old French vessir (probably under influence from péter), from Vulgar Latin vissīre (attested in glosses). Cognate to Romanian băși.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛ.se/, /ve.se/
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Verb
vesser
- (dated, informal) to fart
- Synonyms: loufer, péter
Conjugation
Conjugation of vesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | vesser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | vessant /vɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ve.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | vessé /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | vesse /vɛs/ | vesses /vɛs/ | vesse /vɛs/ | vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/ | vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ | vessent /vɛs/ |
imperfect | vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ | vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ | vessait /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ | vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/ | vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/ | vessaient /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | vessai /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/ | vessas /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ | vessa /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ | vessâmes /vɛ.sam/ or /ve.sam/ | vessâtes /vɛ.sat/ or /ve.sat/ | vessèrent /vɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ve.sɛʁ/ | |
future | vesserai /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/ | vesseras /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/ | vessera /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/ | vesserons /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/ | vesserez /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/ | vesseront /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ | vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ | vesserait /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/ | vesserions /vɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vesseriez /vɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ve.sə.ʁje/ | vesseraient /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.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 | vesse /vɛs/ | vesses /vɛs/ | vesse /vɛs/ | vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/ | vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/ | vessent /vɛs/ |
imperfect2 | vessasse /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ | vessasses /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ | vessât /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/ | vessassions /vɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sa.sjɔ̃/ | vessassiez /vɛ.sa.sje/ or /ve.sa.sje/ | vessassent /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | vesse /vɛs/ | — | vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/ | vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.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). |
Further reading
- “vesser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.