baissier

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French

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Noun

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baissier m (plural baissiers, feminine baissière)

  1. bear (investor who anticipates falling prices)

Adjective

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baissier (feminine baissière, masculine plural baissiers, feminine plural baissières)

  1. bearish (of a market)

Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus.

Verb

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baissier

  1. to lower.

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • French: baisser