baiser
See also: Baiser
French
Etymology
From Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre, present active infinitive of bāsiō (“kiss”).
Pronunciation
Noun
baiser m (plural baisers)
- kiss
- 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon
- Par le baiser que me donne ma pauvre Modeste, je devine ce qui se passe en elle : si elle a reçu ce qu’elle attend, ou si elle est inquiète. Il y a bien des nuances dans les baisers, même dans ceux d’une fille innocente.
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- 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
baiser
- (dated outside Canada) to kiss
- Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes
- Nous baisâmes les livres saints et nous sortîmes de la chapelle.
- We kissed the books of the saints and removed ourselves from the chapel.
- Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes
- (vulgar slang, transitive, intransitive) to fuck, screw
- Synonyms: niquer, copuler, coucher, faire l’amour, forniquer
- Je l’ai baisé parce que je la déteste.
- I fucked her because I hate her.
- 1791, Anonymous, Le tombeau des aristocrates
- Aristocrates, vous voilà dans le bahut, / Nous baiserons vos femmes et vous serez cocus, / Aristocrates, je vous vois tous cornus.
- Aristocrats, behold yourselves in your chests, / We will fuck your wives and you will be cuckolds, / we can see your horns.
- J'ai envie de baiser.
- (vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw
- (vulgar slang) to break, deteriorate
- Synonym: casser
- En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage.
- By forcing the nut, I broke the screw thread.
Usage notes
The sense to kiss is rarely used in France because of the more common vulgar meaning. In Canada it is considered a less offensive word, though the sexual sense is still predominant.
Conjugation
Conjugation of baiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | baiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | baisant /bɛ.zɑ̃/ or /be.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | baisé /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | baise /bɛz/ |
baises /bɛz/ |
baise /bɛz/ |
baisons /bɛ.zɔ̃/ or /be.zɔ̃/ |
baisez /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ |
baisent /bɛz/ |
imperfect | baisais /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ |
baisais /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ |
baisait /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ |
baisions /bɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /be.zjɔ̃/ |
baisiez /bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/ |
baisaient /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | baisai /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ |
baisas /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ |
baisa /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ |
baisâmes /bɛ.zam/ or /be.zam/ |
baisâtes /bɛ.zat/ or /be.zat/ |
baisèrent /bɛ.zɛʁ/ or /be.zɛʁ/ | |
future | baiserai /bɛz.ʁe/ |
baiseras /bɛz.ʁa/ |
baisera /bɛz.ʁa/ |
baiserons /bɛz.ʁɔ̃/ |
baiserez /bɛz.ʁe/ |
baiseront /bɛz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | baiserais /bɛz.ʁɛ/ |
baiserais /bɛz.ʁɛ/ |
baiserait /bɛz.ʁɛ/ |
baiserions /bɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
baiseriez /bɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /be.zə.ʁje/ |
baiseraient /bɛz.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 | baise /bɛz/ |
baises /bɛz/ |
baise /bɛz/ |
baisions /bɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /be.zjɔ̃/ |
baisiez /bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/ |
baisent /bɛz/ |
imperfect2 | baisasse /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/ |
baisasses /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/ |
baisât /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ |
baisassions /bɛ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /be.za.sjɔ̃/ |
baisassiez /bɛ.za.sje/ or /be.za.sje/ |
baisassent /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | baise /bɛz/ |
— | baisons /bɛ.zɔ̃/ or /be.zɔ̃/ |
baisez /bɛ.ze/ or /be.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
Related terms
Further reading
- “baiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French baisier.
Verb
baiser
- to kiss
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of baiser
infinitive | simple | baiser | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | baisant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | baisé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | baise | baises | baise | baisons | baisez | baisent |
imperfect | baisois, baisoys | baisois, baisoys | baisoit, baisoyt | baisions, baisyons | baisiez, baisyez | baisoient, baisoyent | |
past historic | baisa | baisas | baisa | baisasmes | baisastes | baiserent | |
future | baiserai, baiseray | baiseras | baisera | baiserons | baiserez | baiseront | |
conditional | baiserois, baiseroys | baiserois, baiseroys | baiseroit, baiseroyt | baiserions, baiseryons | baiseriez, baiseryez | baiseroient, baiseroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | baise | baises | baise | baisons | baisez | baisent |
imperfect | baisasse | baisasses | baisast | baisassions | baisassiez | baisassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | baise | — | baisons | baisez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Noun
baiser m (plural baisers)
- a kiss
Descendants
- French: baiser
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