fesser

French

Etymology

From faisse (compare Old French faisser), deriving from Latin fascia; with spelling and sense (originally "to strike with a rod") influenced by unrelated fesse (“buttock”)). Compare also Late Latin fasciāre, present active infinitive of fasciō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛ.se/, /fe.se/
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Verb

fesser

  1. to spank
    Quand les enfants se tiennent mal, leurs parents les fessent et tout ça se répète le lendemain.
    When children misbehave, their parents spank them, then it all happens again the next day.
  2. (Quebec, slang) to whack, to strike or crash into

Conjugation
Conjugation of fesser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fesser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fessant
/fɛ.sɑ̃/ or /fe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fessé
/fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fesse
/fɛs/		 fesses
/fɛs/		 fesse
/fɛs/		 fessons
/fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /fe.sɔ̃/		 fessez
/fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/		 fessent
/fɛs/
imperfect fessais
/fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/		 fessais
/fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/		 fessait
/fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/		 fessions
/fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sjɔ̃/		 fessiez
/fɛ.sje/ or /fe.sje/		 fessaient
/fɛ.sɛ/ or /fe.sɛ/
past historic2 fessai
/fɛ.se/ or /fe.se/		 fessas
/fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/		 fessa
/fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/		 fessâmes
/fɛ.sam/ or /fe.sam/		 fessâtes
/fɛ.sat/ or /fe.sat/		 fessèrent
/fɛ.sɛʁ/ or /fe.sɛʁ/
future fesserai
/fɛ.sʁe/ or /fe.sʁe/		 fesseras
/fɛ.sʁa/ or /fe.sʁa/		 fessera
/fɛ.sʁa/ or /fe.sʁa/		 fesserons
/fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /fe.sʁɔ̃/		 fesserez
/fɛ.sʁe/ or /fe.sʁe/		 fesseront
/fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /fe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional fesserais
/fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/		 fesserais
/fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/		 fesserait
/fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.sʁɛ/		 fesserions
/fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fesseriez
/fɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /fe.sə.ʁje/		 fesseraient
/fɛ.sʁɛ/ or /fe.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 fesse
/fɛs/		 fesses
/fɛs/		 fesse
/fɛs/		 fessions
/fɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sjɔ̃/		 fessiez
/fɛ.sje/ or /fe.sje/		 fessent
/fɛs/
imperfect2 fessasse
/fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/		 fessasses
/fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/		 fessât
/fɛ.sa/ or /fe.sa/		 fessassions
/fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.sa.sjɔ̃/		 fessassiez
/fɛ.sa.sje/ or /fe.sa.sje/		 fessassent
/fɛ.sas/ or /fe.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fesse
/fɛs/		 — fessons
/fɛ.sɔ̃/ or /fe.sɔ̃/		 fessez
/fɛ.se/ or /fe.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).

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