rabaisser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ abaisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.bɛ.se/, /ʁa.be.se/

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• Homophones: rabaissai, rabaissé, rabaissée, rabaissées, rabaissés, rabaissez

Verb

rabaisser

1. to humiliate, belittle
2. to lower, reduce

Conjugation

Conjugation of rabaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rabaisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rabaissant /ʁa.bɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rabaissé /ʁa.bɛ.se/ or /ʁa.be.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rabaisse /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaisses /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaisse /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaissons /ʁa.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sɔ̃/	rabaissez /ʁa.bɛ.se/ or /ʁa.be.se/	rabaissent /ʁa.bɛs/
	imperfect	rabaissais /ʁa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sɛ/	rabaissais /ʁa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sɛ/	rabaissait /ʁa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sɛ/	rabaissions /ʁa.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sjɔ̃/	rabaissiez /ʁa.bɛ.sje/ or /ʁa.be.sje/	rabaissaient /ʁa.bɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sɛ/
	past historic2	rabaissai /ʁa.bɛ.se/ or /ʁa.be.se/	rabaissas /ʁa.bɛ.sa/ or /ʁa.be.sa/	rabaissa /ʁa.bɛ.sa/ or /ʁa.be.sa/	rabaissâmes /ʁa.bɛ.sam/ or /ʁa.be.sam/	rabaissâtes /ʁa.bɛ.sat/ or /ʁa.be.sat/	rabaissèrent /ʁa.bɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ʁa.be.sɛʁ/
	future	rabaisserai /ʁa.bɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁa.be.sʁe/	rabaisseras /ʁa.bɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁa.be.sʁa/	rabaissera /ʁa.bɛ.sʁa/ or /ʁa.be.sʁa/	rabaisserons /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sʁɔ̃/	rabaisserez /ʁa.bɛ.sʁe/ or /ʁa.be.sʁe/	rabaisseront /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rabaisserais /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sʁɛ/	rabaisserais /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sʁɛ/	rabaisserait /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁa.be.sʁɛ/	rabaisserions /ʁa.bɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	rabaisseriez /ʁa.bɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.be.sə.ʁje/	rabaisseraient /ʁa.bɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ʁa.be.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	rabaisse /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaisses /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaisse /ʁa.bɛs/	rabaissions /ʁa.bɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sjɔ̃/	rabaissiez /ʁa.bɛ.sje/ or /ʁa.be.sje/	rabaissent /ʁa.bɛs/
	imperfect2	rabaissasse /ʁa.bɛ.sas/ or /ʁa.be.sas/	rabaissasses /ʁa.bɛ.sas/ or /ʁa.be.sas/	rabaissât /ʁa.bɛ.sa/ or /ʁa.be.sa/	rabaissassions /ʁa.bɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sa.sjɔ̃/	rabaissassiez /ʁa.bɛ.sa.sje/ or /ʁa.be.sa.sje/	rabaissassent /ʁa.bɛ.sas/ or /ʁa.be.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rabaisse /ʁa.bɛs/	—	rabaissons /ʁa.bɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁa.be.sɔ̃/	rabaissez /ʁa.bɛ.se/ or /ʁa.be.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• rabaisser le caquet

Related terms

• abaisser
• rabaissement

 

Further reading

• “rabaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• braiseras, braserais, brasserai, sabrerais