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hisser
hisser
French
Etymology
From Middle Low German, compare Italian issare. Also compare hausser.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /i.se/
Verb
hisser
- to hoist, to raise
- Hissez la grand-voile.
- Hoist the mainsail.
- Hissez la grand-voile.
- (reflexive) to rise through the ranks (e.g. of an organisation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | hisser | avoir hissé | |||||
| gerund | en hissant | en ayant hissé | |||||
| present participle | hissant /i.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | hissé /i.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | hisse /is/ |
hisses /is/ |
hisse /is/ |
hissons /i.sɔ̃/ |
hissez /i.se/ |
hissent /is/ |
| imperfect | hissais /i.sɛ/ |
hissais /i.sɛ/ |
hissait /i.sɛ/ |
hissions /i.sjɔ̃/ |
hissiez /i.sje/ |
hissaient /i.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | hissai /i.se/ |
hissas /i.sa/ |
hissa /i.sa/ |
hissâmes /i.sam/ |
hissâtes /i.sat/ |
hissèrent /i.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | hisserai /i.sʁe/ |
hisseras /i.sʁa/ |
hissera /i.sʁa/ |
hisserons /i.sʁɔ̃/ |
hisserez /i.sʁe/ |
hisseront /i.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | hisserais /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserais /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserait /i.sʁɛ/ |
hisserions /i.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hisseriez /i.sə.ʁje/ |
hisseraient /i.sʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | hisse /is/ |
hisses /is/ |
hisse /is/ |
hissions /i.sjɔ̃/ |
hissiez /i.sje/ |
hissent /is/ |
| imperfect1 |
hissasse /i.sas/ |
hissasses /i.sas/ |
hissât /i.sa/ |
hissassions /i.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
hissassiez /i.sa.sje/ |
hissassent /i.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | hisse /is/ |
— | hissons /i.sɔ̃/ |
hissez /i.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||