poisser

French

Etymology

From poix +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwa.se/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

poisser

  1. (transitive) to make sticky
  2. (transitive) to nab (apprehend)
  3. (intransitive) to be sticky

Conjugation

Conjugation of poisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poissant
/pwa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poissé
/pwa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poisse
/pwas/ 		poisses
/pwas/ 		poisse
/pwas/ 		poissons
/pwa.sɔ̃/ 		poissez
/pwa.se/ 		poissent
/pwas/
imperfect poissais
/pwa.sɛ/ 		poissais
/pwa.sɛ/ 		poissait
/pwa.sɛ/ 		poissions
/pwa.sjɔ̃/ 		poissiez
/pwa.sje/ 		poissaient
/pwa.sɛ/
past historic2 poissai
/pwa.se/ 		poissas
/pwa.sa/ 		poissa
/pwa.sa/ 		poissâmes
/pwa.sam/ 		poissâtes
/pwa.sat/ 		poissèrent
/pwa.sɛʁ/
future poisserai
/pwa.sʁe/ 		poisseras
/pwa.sʁa/ 		poissera
/pwa.sʁa/ 		poisserons
/pwa.sʁɔ̃/ 		poisserez
/pwa.sʁe/ 		poisseront
/pwa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional poisserais
/pwa.sʁɛ/ 		poisserais
/pwa.sʁɛ/ 		poisserait
/pwa.sʁɛ/ 		poisserions
/pwa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		poisseriez
/pwa.sə.ʁje/ 		poisseraient
/pwa.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 poisse
/pwas/ 		poisses
/pwas/ 		poisse
/pwas/ 		poissions
/pwa.sjɔ̃/ 		poissiez
/pwa.sje/ 		poissent
/pwas/
imperfect2 poissasse
/pwa.sas/ 		poissasses
/pwa.sas/ 		poissât
/pwa.sa/ 		poissassions
/pwa.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		poissassiez
/pwa.sa.sje/ 		poissassent
/pwa.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poisse
/pwas/ 		— poissons
/pwa.sɔ̃/ 		poissez
/pwa.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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