buser

See also: Buser

French

Etymology

buse +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.ze/

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Verb

buser

1. (Belgium) to fail (a test, exam)

   Synonym: sécher

Conjugation

Conjugation of buser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	buser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	busant /by.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		busé /by.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	buse /byz/	buses /byz/	buse /byz/	busons /by.zɔ̃/	busez /by.ze/	busent /byz/
	imperfect	busais /by.zɛ/	busais /by.zɛ/	busait /by.zɛ/	busions /by.zjɔ̃/	busiez /by.zje/	busaient /by.zɛ/
	past historic2	busai /by.ze/	busas /by.za/	busa /by.za/	busâmes /by.zam/	busâtes /by.zat/	busèrent /by.zɛʁ/
	future	buserai /byz.ʁe/	buseras /byz.ʁa/	busera /byz.ʁa/	buserons /byz.ʁɔ̃/	buserez /byz.ʁe/	buseront /byz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	buserais /byz.ʁɛ/	buserais /byz.ʁɛ/	buserait /byz.ʁɛ/	buserions /by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	buseriez /by.zə.ʁje/	buseraient /byz.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	buse /byz/	buses /byz/	buse /byz/	busions /by.zjɔ̃/	busiez /by.zje/	busent /byz/
	imperfect2	busasse /by.zas/	busasses /by.zas/	busât /by.za/	busassions /by.za.sjɔ̃/	busassiez /by.za.sje/	busassent /by.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	buse /byz/	—	busons /by.zɔ̃/	busez /by.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: 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).

Further reading

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