poisse

See also: poissé and poïsse

Estonian

Noun

poisse

1. partitive plural of poiss

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwas/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from poisser.

Noun

poisse f (uncountable)

1. (informal) chronic bad luck

   On a raté deux bus et un avion, on a vraiment eu la poisse.

   We've missed two buses and an airplane, we have really had chronic bad luck.

Derived terms

• avoir la poisse
• porter la poisse

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

poisse

1. inflection of poisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative