hausser

French

Etymology

From Old French alcier, halcer, haucier from Vulgar Latin *altiāre (see for cognates), from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation
  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /o.se/
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Verb

hausser

  1. to raise
    Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole.
    The government has raised petrol prices.
  2. to shrug
    Il me disait qu'il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules.
    He told me he didn't know, shrugging his shoulders.

Conjugation
Conjugation of hausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple hausser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple haussant
/o.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle haussé
/o.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present hausse
/os/		 hausses
/os/		 hausse
/os/		 haussons
/o.sɔ̃/		 haussez
/o.se/		 haussent
/os/
imperfect haussais
/o.sɛ/		 haussais
/o.sɛ/		 haussait
/o.sɛ/		 haussions
/o.sjɔ̃/		 haussiez
/o.sje/		 haussaient
/o.sɛ/
past historic2 haussai
/o.se/		 haussas
/o.sa/		 haussa
/o.sa/		 haussâmes
/o.sam/		 haussâtes
/o.sat/		 haussèrent
/o.sɛʁ/
future hausserai
/o.sʁe/		 hausseras
/o.sʁa/		 haussera
/o.sʁa/		 hausserons
/o.sʁɔ̃/		 hausserez
/o.sʁe/		 hausseront
/o.sʁɔ̃/
conditional hausserais
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserais
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserait
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserions
/o.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 hausseriez
/o.sə.ʁje/		 hausseraient
/o.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 hausse
/os/		 hausses
/os/		 hausse
/os/		 haussions
/o.sjɔ̃/		 haussiez
/o.sje/		 haussent
/os/
imperfect2 haussasse
/o.sas/		 haussasses
/o.sas/		 haussât
/o.sa/		 haussassions
/o.sa.sjɔ̃/		 haussassiez
/o.sa.sje/		 haussassent
/o.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — hausse
/os/		 — haussons
/o.sɔ̃/		 haussez
/o.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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Noun

hausser

  1. indefinite plural of hausse.
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