baissier

French

Noun

baissier m (plural baissiers, feminine baissière)

1. bear (investor who anticipates falling prices)

Adjective

baissier (feminine baissière, masculine plural baissiers, feminine plural baissières)

1. bearish (of a market)

Further reading

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

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin bassus.

Verb

baissier

1. to lower.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of baissier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		baissier			avoir baissié
gerund		en baissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		baissant
past participle		baissié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bais	baisses	baisse	baissons	baissiez	baissent
	imperfect	baissoie, baisseie, baissoe, baissieve	baissoies, baisseies, baissoes, baissieves	baissoit, baisseit, baissot, baissieve	baissiiens, baissiens	baissiiez, baissiez	baissoient, baisseient, baissoent, baissievent
	preterite	baissai	baissas	baissa	baissames	baissastes	baissierent
	future	baisserai	baisseras	baissera	baisserons	baisseroiz, baissereiz, baisserez	baisseront
	conditional	baisseroie, baissereie	baisseroies, baissereies	baisseroit, baissereit	baisseriiens, baisseriens	baisseriiez, baisseriez	baisseroient, baissereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	bais	bais	baist	baissons	baissiez	baissent
	imperfect	baissasse	baissasses	baissast	baississons, baississiens	baississoiz, baississez, baississiez	baissassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	baisse	—	baissons	baissiez	—