vesser

French

Etymology

From Old French vessir (with a change in conjugation^[1] likely due to analogy with péter),^[2] from Latin vissīre. Alternatively derivable from vesse +‎ -er, the former a noun derived from the aforementioned Old French verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛ.se/ ~ /ve.se/
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Verb

vesser

(dated, informal) to fart
Synonyms: loufer, péter

Conjugation

Conjugation of vesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	vesser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	vessant /vɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ve.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vessé /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vesse /vɛs/	vesses /vɛs/	vesse /vɛs/	vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/	vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/	vessent /vɛs/
	imperfect	vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/	vessais /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/	vessait /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/	vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/	vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/	vessaient /vɛ.sɛ/ or /ve.sɛ/
	past historic²	vessai /vɛ.se/ or /ve.se/	vessas /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/	vessa /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/	vessâmes /vɛ.sam/ or /ve.sam/	vessâtes /vɛ.sat/ or /ve.sat/	vessèrent /vɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ve.sɛʁ/
	future	vesserai /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/	vesseras /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/	vessera /vɛ.sʁa/ or /ve.sʁa/	vesserons /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/	vesserez /vɛ.sʁe/ or /ve.sʁe/	vesseront /vɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ve.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/	vesserais /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/	vesserait /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.sʁɛ/	vesserions /vɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	vesseriez /vɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ve.sə.ʁje/	vesseraient /vɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ve.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	vesse /vɛs/	vesses /vɛs/	vesse /vɛs/	vessions /vɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sjɔ̃/	vessiez /vɛ.sje/ or /ve.sje/	vessent /vɛs/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	vessasse /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/	vessasses /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/	vessât /vɛ.sa/ or /ve.sa/	vessassions /vɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.sa.sjɔ̃/	vessassiez /vɛ.sa.sje/ or /ve.sa.sje/	vessassent /vɛ.sas/ or /ve.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	vesse /vɛs/	—	vessons /vɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ve.sɔ̃/	vessez /vɛ.se/ or /ve.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).

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭssīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 530
^ “vesser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭssīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 530

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

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