fesser

French

Etymology

From Old French faisse (cf. Old French faisser), deriving from Latin fascia (not from fesse, as could have been expected). Cf. also Late Latin fasciāre, present active infinitive of fasciō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɛse/

Verb

fesser

1. to spank
2. to whack (Quebec slang)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fesser			avoir fessé
gerund		en fessant			en ayant fessé
present participle		fessant
past participle		fessé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fesse	fesses	fesse	fessons	fessez	fessent
	imperfect	fessais	fessais	fessait	fessions	fessiez	fessaient
	past historic1	fessai	fessas	fessa	fessâmes	fessâtes	fessèrent
	future	fesserai	fesseras	fessera	fesserons	fesserez	fesseront
	conditional	fesserais	fesserais	fesserait	fesserions	fesseriez	fesseraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fesse	fesses	fesse	fessions	fessiez	fessent
	imperfect1	fessasse	fessasses	fessât	fessassions	fessassiez	fessassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fesse	—	fessons	fessez	—
1literary tenses