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baiser

See also: Baiser

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”).

As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning "fuck" arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɛ.ze/, /be.ze/
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Noun edit

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, […]
      By the kiss my Modeste gives me I can guess what is passing within her. I know whether she has received what she was looking for, or whether she is uneasy or expectant. There are many gradations in a kiss, even in that of an innocent young girl, […]

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Verb edit

baiser

  1. (dated outside Canada and Belgium) 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, transitive, intransitive) to fuck, screw
    Synonyms: niquer, copuler, coucher, faire l’amour, forniquer
    Je l’ai baisée. ― I fucked her.
    J’ai envie de baiser. ― I want to fuck.
    • 1791, anonymous author, 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.
    • 1966, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le bulletin de santé”‎[1]:
      Si j’ai trahi les gros, les joufflus, les obèses
      C’est que je baise, que je baise, que je baise
      Comme un bouc, un bélier, une bête, une brute
      Je suis hanté : le rut, le rut, le rut, le rut !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw
    Synonyms: niquer, 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, to fuck up
    Synonym: casser
    En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage.
    By forcing the nut, I fucked up the screw thread.

Usage notes edit

  • The sense to kiss is rarely used in France because of the more common vulgar meaning. In Quebec it is considered a less offensive word, though the sexual sense is still predominant. However, the noun form un baiser universally means "a kiss"; "a fuck" is une baise.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of baiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple baiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple baisant
/bɛ.zɑ̃/ or /be.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle baisé
/bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present baise
/bɛz/ 		baises
/bɛz/ 		baise
/bɛz/ 		baisons
/bɛ.zɔ̃/ or /be.zɔ̃/ 		baisez
/bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ 		baisent
/bɛz/
imperfect baisais
/bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ 		baisais
/bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ 		baisait
/bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/ 		baisions
/bɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /be.zjɔ̃/ 		baisiez
/bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/ 		baisaient
/bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/
past historic2 baisai
/bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ 		baisas
/bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ 		baisa
/bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ 		baisâmes
/bɛ.zam/ or /be.zam/ 		baisâtes
/bɛ.zat/ or /be.zat/ 		baisèrent
/bɛ.zɛʁ/ or /be.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/ or /be.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		baiseriez
/bɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /be.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/ or /be.zjɔ̃/ 		baisiez
/bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/ 		baisent
/bɛz/
imperfect2 baisasse
/bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/ 		baisasses
/bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/ 		baisât
/bɛ.za/ or /be.za/ 		baisassions
/bɛ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /be.za.sjɔ̃/ 		baisassiez
/bɛ.za.sje/ or /be.za.sje/ 		baisassent
/bɛ.zas/ or /be.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/ or /be.zɔ̃/ 		baisez
/bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/ 		—
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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Middle French edit

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Etymology edit

From Old French baisier.

Verb edit

baiser

  1. to kiss

Conjugation edit

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of baiser
infinitive simple baiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple baisant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle baisé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — baise — baisons baisez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Noun edit

baiser m (plural baisers)

  1. a kiss

Descendants edit

  • French: baiser
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