biser
See also: Biser
French
Etymology
bis (“kiss”) + -er. See baiser.
Pronunciation
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Verb
biser
- (informal) to kiss
Conjugation
Conjugation of biser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | biser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bisant /bi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bisé /bi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bise /biz/ | bises /biz/ | bise /biz/ | bisons /bi.zɔ̃/ | bisez /bi.ze/ | bisent /biz/ |
| imperfect | bisais /bi.zɛ/ | bisais /bi.zɛ/ | bisait /bi.zɛ/ | bisions /bi.zjɔ̃/ | bisiez /bi.zje/ | bisaient /bi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bisai /bi.ze/ | bisas /bi.za/ | bisa /bi.za/ | bisâmes /bi.zam/ | bisâtes /bi.zat/ | bisèrent /bi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | biserai /biz.ʁe/ | biseras /biz.ʁa/ | bisera /biz.ʁa/ | biserons /biz.ʁɔ̃/ | biserez /biz.ʁe/ | biseront /biz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | biserais /biz.ʁɛ/ | biserais /biz.ʁɛ/ | biserait /biz.ʁɛ/ | biserions /bi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | biseriez /bi.zə.ʁje/ | biseraient /biz.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 | bise /biz/ | bises /biz/ | bise /biz/ | bisions /bi.zjɔ̃/ | bisiez /bi.zje/ | bisent /biz/ |
| imperfect2 | bisasse /bi.zas/ | bisasses /bi.zas/ | bisât /bi.za/ | bisassions /bi.za.sjɔ̃/ | bisassiez /bi.za.sje/ | bisassent /bi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bise /biz/ | — | bisons /bi.zɔ̃/ | bisez /bi.ze/ | — | |
| 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
- “biser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian
بُسْر (busr)
Etymology
From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐser/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ser
Noun
bìser m (Cyrillic spelling бѝсер)
- pearl
Declension
Declension of biser
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bìser | biseri |
| genitive | bisera | bȉsērā |
| dative | biseru | biserima |
| accusative | biser | bisere |
| vocative | biseru | biseri |
| locative | biseru | biserima |
| instrumental | biserom | biserima |
Derived terms
- bìsēran
Slovene
بُسْر (busr)
Etymology
From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bíːsɛr/
Noun
bȋser m inan
- pearl
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | bíser | ||
| gen. sing. | bísera | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | bíser | bísera | bíseri |
| accusative | bíser | bísera | bísere |
| genitive | bísera | bíserov | bíserov |
| dative | bíseru | bíseroma | bíserom |
| locative | bíseru | bíserih | bíserih |
| instrumental | bíserom | bíseroma | bíseri |
Further reading
- “biser”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran