bisser

French

Etymology

From bis (“twice”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.se/

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Verb

bisser

1. (transitive) to repeat; to perform an encore
2. (transitive) to request a repeat; to call for an encore, to encore
3. (transitive, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali, Rwanda, education) to repeat a year at school

Conjugation

Conjugation of bisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bissant /bi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bissé /bi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bisse /bis/	bisses /bis/	bisse /bis/	bissons /bi.sɔ̃/	bissez /bi.se/	bissent /bis/
	imperfect	bissais /bi.sɛ/	bissais /bi.sɛ/	bissait /bi.sɛ/	bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/	bissiez /bi.sje/	bissaient /bi.sɛ/
	past historic2	bissai /bi.se/	bissas /bi.sa/	bissa /bi.sa/	bissâmes /bi.sam/	bissâtes /bi.sat/	bissèrent /bi.sɛʁ/
	future	bisserai /bi.sʁe/	bisseras /bi.sʁa/	bissera /bi.sʁa/	bisserons /bi.sʁɔ̃/	bisserez /bi.sʁe/	bisseront /bi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/	bisserais /bi.sʁɛ/	bisserait /bi.sʁɛ/	bisserions /bi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	bisseriez /bi.sə.ʁje/	bisseraient /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	bisse /bis/	bisses /bis/	bisse /bis/	bissions /bi.sjɔ̃/	bissiez /bi.sje/	bissent /bis/
	imperfect2	bissasse /bi.sas/	bissasses /bi.sas/	bissât /bi.sa/	bissassions /bi.sa.sjɔ̃/	bissassiez /bi.sa.sje/	bissassent /bi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bisse /bis/	—	bissons /bi.sɔ̃/	bissez /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).

Synonyms

• (to encore): rappeler
• (to repeat a grade): doubler (Belgium, Switzerland, Canada), redoubler (France)

Further reading

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