abisser

French

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Verb

abisser

1. To damage, destroy
2. To overthrow

Conjugation

Conjugation of abisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abissant /a.bi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abissé /a.bi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abisse /a.bis/	abisses /a.bis/	abisse /a.bis/	abissons /a.bi.sɔ̃/	abissez /a.bi.se/	abissent /a.bis/
	imperfect	abissais /a.bi.sɛ/	abissais /a.bi.sɛ/	abissait /a.bi.sɛ/	abissions /a.bi.sjɔ̃/	abissiez /a.bi.sje/	abissaient /a.bi.sɛ/
	past historic2	abissai /a.bi.se/	abissas /a.bi.sa/	abissa /a.bi.sa/	abissâmes /a.bi.sam/	abissâtes /a.bi.sat/	abissèrent /a.bi.sɛʁ/
	future	abisserai /a.bi.sʁe/	abisseras /a.bi.sʁa/	abissera /a.bi.sʁa/	abisserons /a.bi.sʁɔ̃/	abisserez /a.bi.sʁe/	abisseront /a.bi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abisserais /a.bi.sʁɛ/	abisserais /a.bi.sʁɛ/	abisserait /a.bi.sʁɛ/	abisserions /a.bi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	abisseriez /a.bi.sə.ʁje/	abisseraient /a.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	abisse /a.bis/	abisses /a.bis/	abisse /a.bis/	abissions /a.bi.sjɔ̃/	abissiez /a.bi.sje/	abissent /a.bis/
	imperfect2	abissasse /a.bi.sas/	abissasses /a.bi.sas/	abissât /a.bi.sa/	abissassions /a.bi.sa.sjɔ̃/	abissassiez /a.bi.sa.sje/	abissassent /a.bi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abisse /a.bis/	—	abissons /a.bi.sɔ̃/	abissez /a.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: 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).