biser

See also: Biser

French

Etymology

bis (“kiss”) +‎ -er. See baiser.

Pronunciation
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Verb

biser

  1. (informal) to kiss

Conjugation
Conjugation of biser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple biser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bisant
/bi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bisé
/bi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bise
/biz/		 bises
/biz/		 bise
/biz/		 bisons
/bi.zɔ̃/		 bisez
/bi.ze/		 bisent
/biz/
imperfect bisais
/bi.zɛ/		 bisais
/bi.zɛ/		 bisait
/bi.zɛ/		 bisions
/bi.zjɔ̃/		 bisiez
/bi.zje/		 bisaient
/bi.zɛ/
past historic2 bisai
/bi.ze/		 bisas
/bi.za/		 bisa
/bi.za/		 bisâmes
/bi.zam/		 bisâtes
/bi.zat/		 bisèrent
/bi.zɛʁ/
future biserai
/biz.ʁe/		 biseras
/biz.ʁa/		 bisera
/biz.ʁa/		 biserons
/biz.ʁɔ̃/		 biserez
/biz.ʁe/		 biseront
/biz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional biserais
/biz.ʁɛ/		 biserais
/biz.ʁɛ/		 biserait
/biz.ʁɛ/		 biserions
/bi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 biseriez
/bi.zə.ʁje/		 biseraient
/biz.ʁɛ/
(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 bise
/biz/		 bises
/biz/		 bise
/biz/		 bisions
/bi.zjɔ̃/		 bisiez
/bi.zje/		 bisent
/biz/
imperfect2 bisasse
/bi.zas/		 bisasses
/bi.zas/		 bisât
/bi.za/		 bisassions
/bi.za.sjɔ̃/		 bisassiez
/bi.za.sje/		 bisassent
/bi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bise
/biz/		 — bisons
/bi.zɔ̃/		 bisez
/bi.ze/		 —
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).

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian
بُسْر‎ (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر‎ (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر‎ (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǐser/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ser

Noun

bìser m (Cyrillic spelling бѝсер)

  1. pearl

Declension
Declension of biser
singular plural
nominative bìser biseri
genitive bisera bȉsērā
dative biseru biserima
accusative biser bisere
vocative biseru biseri
locative biseru biserima
instrumental biserom biserima

Derived terms

Slovene
بُسْر‎ (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر‎ (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر‎ (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bíːsɛr/

Noun

bȋser m inan

  1. pearl

Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bíser
gen. sing. bísera
singular dual plural
nominative bíser bísera bíseri
accusative bíser bísera bísere
genitive bísera bíserov bíserov
dative bíseru bíseroma bíserom
locative bíseru bíserih bíserih
instrumental bíserom bíseroma bíseri

Further reading
  • “biser”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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