baiser

See also: Baiser

French

Etymology

From Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre, present active infinitive of bāsiō (“kiss”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛ.ze/
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Noun

baiser m (plural baisers)

  1. kiss
    Synonyms: bise, bisou
    • 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon
      Par le baiser que me donne ma pauvre Modeste, je devine ce qui se passe en elle : si elle a reçu ce qu’elle attend, ou si elle est inquiète. Il y a bien des nuances dans les baisers, même dans ceux d’une fille innocente.
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Verb

baiser

  1. (dated outside Canada) to kiss
    Synonyms: embrasser, bécoter
    • Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes
      Nous baisâmes les livres saints et nous sortîmes de la chapelle.
      We kissed the books of the saints and removed ourselves from the chapel.
  2. (vulgar slang, transitive, intransitive) to fuck, screw
    Synonyms: niquer, copuler, coucher, faire l'amour, forniquer
    • 1791, Anonymous, Le tombeau des aristocrates
      Aristocrates, vous voilà dans le bahut, / Nous baiserons vos femmes et vous serez cocus, / Aristocrates, je vous vois tous cornus.
      Aristocrats, behold yourselves in your chests, / We will fuck your wives and you will be cuckolds, / we can see your horns.
    J'ai envie de baiser.
  3. (vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw
    Synonyms: avoir, berner, enculer
    L’enfoiré croyait m’avoir, mais je l’ai bien baisé.
    The asshole thought he had me, but I screwed him.
  4. (vulgar slang) to break, deteriorate
    Synonym: casser
    En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage.
    By forcing the nut, I broke the screw thread.

Usage notes

The sense to kiss is rarely used in France because of the more common vulgar meaning. In Canada it is considered a less offensive word, though the sexual sense is still predominant.

Conjugation
Conjugation of baiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle baisant
/bɛ.zɑ̃/
past participle baisé
/bɛ.ze/
infinitive
simple baiser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple baisant
/bɛ.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present baise
/bɛz/		 baises
/bɛz/		 baise
/bɛz/		 baisons
/bɛ.zɔ̃/		 baisez
/bɛ.ze/		 baisent
/bɛz/
imperfect baisais
/bɛ.zɛ/		 baisais
/bɛ.zɛ/		 baisait
/bɛ.zɛ/		 baisions
/bɛ.zjɔ̃/		 baisiez
/bɛ.zje/		 baisaient
/bɛ.zɛ/
past historic2 baisai
/bɛ.ze/		 baisas
/bɛ.za/		 baisa
/bɛ.za/		 baisâmes
/bɛ.zam/		 baisâtes
/bɛ.zat/		 baisèrent
/bɛ.zɛʁ/
future baiserai
/bɛz.ʁe/		 baiseras
/bɛz.ʁa/		 baisera
/bɛz.ʁa/		 baiserons
/bɛz.ʁɔ̃/		 baiserez
/bɛz.ʁe/		 baiseront
/bɛz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional baiserais
/bɛz.ʁɛ/		 baiserais
/bɛz.ʁɛ/		 baiserait
/bɛz.ʁɛ/		 baiserions
/bɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 baiseriez
/bɛ.zə.ʁje/		 baiseraient
/bɛz.ʁɛ/
(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 baise
/bɛz/		 baises
/bɛz/		 baise
/bɛz/		 baisions
/bɛ.zjɔ̃/		 baisiez
/bɛ.zje/		 baisent
/bɛz/
imperfect2 baisasse
/bɛ.zas/		 baisasses
/bɛ.zas/		 baisât
/bɛ.za/		 baisassions
/bɛ.za.sjɔ̃/		 baisassiez
/bɛ.za.sje/		 baisassent
/bɛ.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — baise
/bɛz/		 — baisons
/bɛ.zɔ̃/		 baisez
/bɛ.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French baisier.

Verb

baiser

  1. to kiss

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of baiser
simple compound
infinitive baiser avoir baisé
gerund en baisant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle baisant
past participle baisé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present baise baises baise baisons baisez baisent
imperfect baisois, baisoys baisois, baisoys baisoit, baisoyt baisions, baisyons baisiez, baisyez baisoient, baisoyent
past historic baisa baisas baisa baisasmes baisastes baiserent
future baiserai, baiseray baiseras baisera baiserons baiserez baiseront
conditional baiserois, baiseroys baiserois, baiseroys baiseroit, baiseroyt baiserions, baiseryons baiseriez, baiseryez baiseroient, baiseroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present baise baises baise baisons baisez baisent
imperfect baisasse baisasses baisast baisassions baisassiez baisassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— baise — baisons baisez —

Noun

baiser m (plural baisers)

  1. a kiss

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