hisser
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɪsə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)
Noun
hisser (plural hissers)
- One who hisses.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German hissen, compare Italian issare, Sicilian jisari.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /i.se/
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Verb
hisser
- to hoist, to raise
- Hissez la grand-voile.
- Hoist the mainsail.
- (reflexive) to rise through the ranks
Conjugation
Conjugation of hisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hissant /i.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hissé /i.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hisse /is/ |
hisses /is/ |
hisse /is/ |
hissons /i.sɔ̃/ |
hissez /i.se/ |
hissent /is/ |
| imperfect | hissais /i.sɛ/ |
hissais /i.sɛ/ |
hissait /i.sɛ/ |
hissions /i.sjɔ̃/ |
hissiez /i.sje/ |
hissaient /i.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hissai /i.se/ |
hissas /i.sa/ |
hissa /i.sa/ |
hissâmes /i.sam/ |
hissâtes /i.sat/ |
hissèrent /i.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | hisserai /i.sʁe/ |
hisseras /i.sʁa/ |
hissera /i.sʁa/ |
hisserons /i.sʁɔ̃/ |
hisserez /i.sʁe/ |
hisseront /i.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hisserais /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserais /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserait /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserions /i.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hisseriez /i.sə.ʁje/ |
hisseraient /i.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 | hisse /is/ |
hisses /is/ |
hisse /is/ |
hissions /i.sjɔ̃/ |
hissiez /i.sje/ |
hissent /is/ |
| imperfect2 | hissasse /i.sas/ |
hissasses /i.sas/ |
hissât /i.sa/ |
hissassions /i.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
hissassiez /i.sa.sje/ |
hissassent /i.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hisse /is/ |
— | hissons /i.sɔ̃/ |
hissez /i.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “hisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.