bisser
French
Etymology
bis (“twice”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.se/
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Verb
bisser
- (transitive) to repeat; to perform an encore
- (transitive) to request a repeat; to call for an encore, to encore
- (transitive, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali, Rwanda, education) to repeat a year at school
Conjugation
Conjugation of bisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bissant /bi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bissé /bi.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bisse /bis/ | bisses /bis/ | bisse /bis/ | bissons /bi.sɔ̃/ | bissez /bi.se/ | bissent /bis/ |
| imperfect | bissais /bi.sɛ/ | bissais /bi.sɛ/ | bissait /bi.sɛ/ | bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/ | bissiez /bi.sje/ | bissaient /bi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bissai /bi.se/ | bissas /bi.sa/ | bissa /bi.sa/ | bissâmes /bi.sam/ | bissâtes /bi.sat/ | bissèrent /bi.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | bisserai /bi.sʁe/ | bisseras /bi.sʁa/ | bissera /bi.sʁa/ | bisserons /bi.sʁɔ̃/ | bisserez /bi.sʁe/ | bisseront /bi.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/ | bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/ | bisserait /bi.sʁɛ/ | bisserions /bi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bisseriez /bi.sə.ʁje/ | bisseraient /bi.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 | bisse /bis/ | bisses /bis/ | bisse /bis/ | bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/ | bissiez /bi.sje/ | bissent /bis/ |
| imperfect2 | bissasse /bi.sas/ | bissasses /bi.sas/ | bissât /bi.sa/ | bissassions /bi.sa.sjɔ̃/ | bissassiez /bi.sa.sje/ | bissassent /bi.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bisse /bis/ | — | bissons /bi.sɔ̃/ | bissez /bi.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
- (to encore): rappeler
- (to repeat a grade): doubler (Belgium, Switzerland, Canada), redoubler (France)
Further reading
- “bisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.