bisser

French

Etymology

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).

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