poisser

French

Etymology

From poix +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pwa.se/
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Verb

poisser

  1. (transitive) to make sticky
  2. (transitive) to nab (apprehend)
  3. (intransitive) to be sticky

Conjugation
Conjugation of poisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poissant
/pwa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poissé
/pwa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present poisse
/pwas/		 poisses
/pwas/		 poisse
/pwas/		 poissons
/pwa.sɔ̃/		 poissez
/pwa.se/		 poissent
/pwas/
imperfect poissais
/pwa.sɛ/		 poissais
/pwa.sɛ/		 poissait
/pwa.sɛ/		 poissions
/pwa.sjɔ̃/		 poissiez
/pwa.sje/		 poissaient
/pwa.sɛ/
past historic2 poissai
/pwa.se/		 poissas
/pwa.sa/		 poissa
/pwa.sa/		 poissâmes
/pwa.sam/		 poissâtes
/pwa.sat/		 poissèrent
/pwa.sɛʁ/
future poisserai
/pwa.sʁe/		 poisseras
/pwa.sʁa/		 poissera
/pwa.sʁa/		 poisserons
/pwa.sʁɔ̃/		 poisserez
/pwa.sʁe/		 poisseront
/pwa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional poisserais
/pwa.sʁɛ/		 poisserais
/pwa.sʁɛ/		 poisserait
/pwa.sʁɛ/		 poisserions
/pwa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 poisseriez
/pwa.sə.ʁje/		 poisseraient
/pwa.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 poisse
/pwas/		 poisses
/pwas/		 poisse
/pwas/		 poissions
/pwa.sjɔ̃/		 poissiez
/pwa.sje/		 poissent
/pwas/
imperfect2 poissasse
/pwa.sas/		 poissasses
/pwa.sas/		 poissât
/pwa.sa/		 poissassions
/pwa.sa.sjɔ̃/		 poissassiez
/pwa.sa.sje/		 poissassent
/pwa.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poisse
/pwas/		 — poissons
/pwa.sɔ̃/		 poissez
/pwa.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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