hisser

English

Etymology

hiss +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪsə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

hisser (plural hissers)

  1. One who hisses.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German hissen, compare Italian issare.

Pronunciation
  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /i.se/
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Verb

hisser

  1. to hoist, to raise
    Hissez la grand-voile.
    Hoist the mainsail.
  2. (reflexive) to rise through the ranks

Conjugation
Conjugation of hisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple hisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple hissant
/i.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle hissé
/i.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 hissai
/i.se/		 hissas
/i.sa/		 hissa
/i.sa/		 hissâmes
/i.sam/		 hissâtes
/i.sat/		 hissèrent
/i.sɛʁ/
future hisserai
/i.sʁe/		 hisseras
/i.sʁa/		 hissera
/i.sʁa/		 hisserons
/i.sʁɔ̃/		 hisserez
/i.sʁe/		 hisseront
/i.sʁɔ̃/
conditional hisserais
/i.sʁɛ/		 hisserais
/i.sʁɛ/		 hisserait
/i.sʁɛ/		 hisserions
/i.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 hisseriez
/i.sə.ʁje/		 hisseraient
/i.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 hisse
/is/		 hisses
/is/		 hisse
/is/		 hissions
/i.sjɔ̃/		 hissiez
/i.sje/		 hissent
/is/
imperfect2 hissasse
/i.sas/		 hissasses
/i.sas/		 hissât
/i.sa/		 hissassions
/i.sa.sjɔ̃/		 hissassiez
/i.sa.sje/		 hissassent
/i.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — hisse
/is/		 — hissons
/i.sɔ̃/		 hissez
/i.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

Descendants
  • Catalan: hissar
  • Portuguese: içar
  • Spanish: izar

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