lisser
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a borrowing from Italian liscio. Other theories include a crossing of Latin lixāre and allīsus, or of ultimately Germanic origin.
See also Spanish and Portuguese liso, Catalan llis, Italian liscio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lisser
- to smooth
- to level
- (of hair) to straighten
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of lisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lissant /li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lissé /li.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lisse /lis/ |
lisses /lis/ |
lisse /lis/ |
lissons /li.sɔ̃/ |
lissez /li.se/ |
lissent /lis/ |
| imperfect | lissais /li.sɛ/ |
lissais /li.sɛ/ |
lissait /li.sɛ/ |
lissions /li.sjɔ̃/ |
lissiez /li.sje/ |
lissaient /li.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lissai /li.se/ |
lissas /li.sa/ |
lissa /li.sa/ |
lissâmes /li.sam/ |
lissâtes /li.sat/ |
lissèrent /li.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | lisserai /li.sʁe/ |
lisseras /li.sʁa/ |
lissera /li.sʁa/ |
lisserons /li.sʁɔ̃/ |
lisserez /li.sʁe/ |
lisseront /li.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lisserais /li.sʁɛ/ |
lisserais /li.sʁɛ/ |
lisserait /li.sʁɛ/ |
lisserions /li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lisseriez /li.sə.ʁje/ |
lisseraient /li.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 | lisse /lis/ |
lisses /lis/ |
lisse /lis/ |
lissions /li.sjɔ̃/ |
lissiez /li.sje/ |
lissent /lis/ |
| imperfect2 | lissasse /li.sas/ |
lissasses /li.sas/ |
lissât /li.sa/ |
lissassions /li.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
lissassiez /li.sa.sje/ |
lissassent /li.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lisse /lis/ |
— | lissons /li.sɔ̃/ |
lissez /li.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). | |||||||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.