taxer

English

Alternative forms

• taxor

Etymology

From tax +‎ -er.

Noun

taxer (plural taxers)

1. One who taxes.
2. (UK, Cambridge University, historical) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “taxer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Artex, extra, extra-, retax

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taxer, borrowed from Latin taxāre. Replaced the older tausser. Cf. also taux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.se/

• Audio:

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Verb

taxer

1. to tax, to impose a tax on
2. (transitive) to accuse [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘of something’]

   taxer quelqu’un de malhonnêteté ― to accuse someone of dishonesty

3. (transitive, derogatory, proscribed) to call, to label [with direct object ‘someone’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]

   Synonyms: traiter, qualifier

   On m’a taxé de menteur. ― I was called a liar.

Conjugation

Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	taxer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	taxant /tak.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		taxé /tak.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	taxe /taks/	taxes /taks/	taxe /taks/	taxons /tak.sɔ̃/	taxez /tak.se/	taxent /taks/
	imperfect	taxais /tak.sɛ/	taxais /tak.sɛ/	taxait /tak.sɛ/	taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/	taxiez /tak.sje/	taxaient /tak.sɛ/
	past historic2	taxai /tak.se/	taxas /tak.sa/	taxa /tak.sa/	taxâmes /tak.sam/	taxâtes /tak.sat/	taxèrent /tak.sɛʁ/
	future	taxerai /tak.sə.ʁe/	taxeras /tak.sə.ʁa/	taxera /tak.sə.ʁa/	taxerons /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/	taxerez /tak.sə.ʁe/	taxeront /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/	taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/	taxerait /tak.sə.ʁɛ/	taxerions /tak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	taxeriez /tak.sə.ʁje/	taxeraient /tak.sə.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	taxe /taks/	taxes /taks/	taxe /taks/	taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/	taxiez /tak.sje/	taxent /taks/
	imperfect2	taxasse /tak.sas/	taxasses /tak.sas/	taxât /tak.sa/	taxassions /tak.sa.sjɔ̃/	taxassiez /tak.sa.sje/	taxassent /tak.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	taxe /taks/	—	taxons /tak.sɔ̃/	taxez /tak.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).

Derived terms

• surtaxer
• taxation

Related terms

• taxe
• taux

Further reading

• “taxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

taxer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of taxō

Old French

Alternative forms

• tauxer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō. Cf. also the older form tauxer (whence French taux), tausser, which was replaced.

Verb

taxer

1. to tax, to impose a tax on

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		taxer			avoir taxé
gerund		en taxant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		taxant
past participle		taxé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	taxe	taxes	taxe	taxons	taxez	taxent
	imperfect	taxoie, taxeie, taxoe, taxeve	taxoies, taxeies, taxoes, taxeves	taxoit, taxeit, taxot, taxeve	taxiiens, taxiens	taxiiez, taxiez	taxoient, taxeient, taxoent, taxevent
	preterite	taxai	taxas	taxa	taxames	taxastes	taxerent
	future	taxerai	taxeras	taxera	taxerons	taxeroiz, taxereiz, taxerez	taxeront
	conditional	taxeroie, taxereie	taxeroies, taxereies	taxeroit, taxereit	taxeriiens, taxeriens	taxeriiez, taxeriez	taxeroient, taxereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	taxe	taxes	taxe	taxons	taxez	taxent
	imperfect	taxasse	taxasses	taxast	taxissons, taxissiens	taxissoiz, taxissez, taxissiez	taxassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	taxe	—	taxons	taxez	—

Descendants

• French: taxer
• → Middle English: taxen
  • English: tax
  • Scots: tax
• → Dutch: taxeren
  • Afrikaans: takseer

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō. Compare Italian tacere.

Verb

taxer

1. (intransitive) to shut up (be quiet)

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of taxer (second conjugation)

infinitive	taxer
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		taxéndo
past participle		taxato
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	taxo	(te) taxi	(el/ła) taxe	taxémo	taxì	(i/łe) taxe
imperfect	taxéa	(te) taxivi	(el/ła) taxéa	taxévimo	taxivi	(i/łe) taxéa
future	taxarò	(te) taxarè	(el/ła) taxarà	taxarémo	taxarè	(i/łe) taxarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	taxarìa	(te) taxarisi	(el/ła) taxarìa	taxarìsimo	taxarisi	(i/łe) taxarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	taxa	(te) taxi	(el/ła) taxa	taxémo	taxì	(i/łe) taxa
imperfect	taxése	(te) taxisi	(el/ła) taxése	taxésimo	taxisi	(i/łe) taxése
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) taxi	(el/ła) taxa	taxémo	taxì	(i/łe) taxa