boiser
French
Etymology
bois (“wood”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa.ze/, /bwɑ.ze/
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Verb
boiser
- (transitive) to panel (a room with wooden panels)
- (transitive) to afforest
- (transitive, tennis) to hit the ball with the frame (wood) of the racket
Conjugation
Conjugation of boiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | boiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | boisant /bwa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | boisé /bwa.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | boise /bwaz/ | boises /bwaz/ | boise /bwaz/ | boisons /bwa.zɔ̃/ | boisez /bwa.ze/ | boisent /bwaz/ |
imperfect | boisais /bwa.zɛ/ | boisais /bwa.zɛ/ | boisait /bwa.zɛ/ | boisions /bwa.zjɔ̃/ | boisiez /bwa.zje/ | boisaient /bwa.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | boisai /bwa.ze/ | boisas /bwa.za/ | boisa /bwa.za/ | boisâmes /bwa.zam/ | boisâtes /bwa.zat/ | boisèrent /bwa.zɛʁ/ | |
future | boiserai /bwaz.ʁe/ | boiseras /bwaz.ʁa/ | boisera /bwaz.ʁa/ | boiserons /bwaz.ʁɔ̃/ | boiserez /bwaz.ʁe/ | boiseront /bwaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | boiserais /bwaz.ʁɛ/ | boiserais /bwaz.ʁɛ/ | boiserait /bwaz.ʁɛ/ | boiserions /bwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | boiseriez /bwa.zə.ʁje/ | boiseraient /bwaz.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 | boise /bwaz/ | boises /bwaz/ | boise /bwaz/ | boisions /bwa.zjɔ̃/ | boisiez /bwa.zje/ | boisent /bwaz/ |
imperfect2 | boisasse /bwa.zas/ | boisasses /bwa.zas/ | boisât /bwa.za/ | boisassions /bwa.za.sjɔ̃/ | boisassiez /bwa.za.sje/ | boisassent /bwa.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | boise /bwaz/ | — | boisons /bwa.zɔ̃/ | boisez /bwa.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). |
Derived terms
- boisement
Further reading
- “boiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.