poisser
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
poisser
- (transitive) to make sticky
- (transitive) to nab (apprehend)
- (intransitive) to be sticky
Conjugation edit
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “poisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.