baiser

See also: Baiser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”).

As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning "fuck" arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.ze/ ~ /be.ze/

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Noun

baiser m (plural baisers)

1. kiss

   Synonyms: bise, bisou

   • 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:

     Par le baiser que me donne ma pauvre Modeste, je devine ce qui se passe en elle : si elle a reçu ce qu’elle attend, ou si elle est inquiète. Il y a bien des nuances dans les baisers, même dans ceux d’une fille innocente, […]

     By the kiss my Modeste gives me I can guess what is passing within her. I know whether she has received what she was looking for, or whether she is uneasy or expectant. There are many gradations in a kiss, even in that of an innocent young girl, […]

Synonyms

• patin, pelle (French kiss)

Derived terms

• baisemain

Verb

baiser

1. (dated outside North America and Belgium) to kiss

   Synonyms: embrasser, bécoter

   • Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes

     Nous baisâmes les livres saints et nous sortîmes de la chapelle.

     We kissed the books of the saints and removed ourselves from the chapel.

2. (vulgar, transitive, intransitive) to fuck, screw

   Synonyms: niquer, copuler, coucher, faire l’amour, forniquer

   Je l’ai baisée. ― I fucked her.

   J’ai envie de baiser. ― I want to fuck.

   • 1791, anonymous author, Le tombeau des aristocrates:

     Aristocrates, vous voilà dans le bahut, / Nous baiserons vos femmes et vous serez cocus, / Aristocrates, je vous vois tous cornus.

     Aristocrats, behold yourselves in your chests, / We will fuck your wives and you will be cuckolds, / we can see your horns.

   • 1966, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le bulletin de santé”‎^[1]:

     Si j’ai trahi les gros, les joufflus, les obèses
     C’est que je baise, que je baise, que je baise
     Comme un bouc, un bélier, une bête, une brute
     Je suis hanté : le rut, le rut, le rut, le rut !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw

   Synonyms: niquer, avoir, berner, enculer

   L’enfoiré croyait m’avoir, mais je l’ai bien baisé.

   The asshole thought he had me, but I screwed him.

4. (vulgar slang) to break, deteriorate, to fuck up

   Synonym: casser

   En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage.

   By forcing the nut, I fucked up the screw thread.

Usage notes

• The sense to kiss is rarely used in France because of the more common vulgar meaning. In Quebec it is considered a less offensive word, though the sexual sense is still predominant. However, the noun form un baiser universally means "a kiss"; "a fuck" is une baise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of baiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	baiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	baisant /bɛ.zɑ̃/ or /be.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		baisé /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baise /bɛz/	baises /bɛz/	baise /bɛz/	baisons /bɛ.zɔ̃/ or /be.zɔ̃/	baisez /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/	baisent /bɛz/
	imperfect	baisais /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/	baisais /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/	baisait /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/	baisions /bɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /be.zjɔ̃/	baisiez /bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/	baisaient /bɛ.zɛ/ or /be.zɛ/
	past historic2	baisai /bɛ.ze/ or /be.ze/	baisas /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/	baisa /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/	baisâmes /bɛ.zam/ or /be.zam/	baisâtes /bɛ.zat/ or /be.zat/	baisèrent /bɛ.zɛʁ/ or /be.zɛʁ/
	future	baiserai /bɛz.ʁe/	baiseras /bɛz.ʁa/	baisera /bɛz.ʁa/	baiserons /bɛz.ʁɔ̃/	baiserez /bɛz.ʁe/	baiseront /bɛz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	baiserais /bɛz.ʁɛ/	baiserais /bɛz.ʁɛ/	baiserait /bɛz.ʁɛ/	baiserions /bɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	baiseriez /bɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /be.zə.ʁje/	baiseraient /bɛz.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	baise /bɛz/	baises /bɛz/	baise /bɛz/	baisions /bɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /be.zjɔ̃/	baisiez /bɛ.zje/ or /be.zje/	baisent /bɛz/
	imperfect2	baisasse /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/	baisasses /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/	baisât /bɛ.za/ or /be.za/	baisassions /bɛ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /be.za.sjɔ̃/	baisassiez /bɛ.za.sje/ or /be.za.sje/	baisassent /bɛ.zas/ or /be.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baise /bɛz/	—	baisons /bɛ.zɔ̃/ or /be.zɔ̃/	baisez /bɛ.ze/ or /be.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).

Derived terms

• baisable
• baise
• baiser comme un lapin
• baiseur
• baisoter
• mal baisé
• rebaiser

 

Related terms

• baise-en-ville
• baisodrome

See also

• baisser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abries
• braies
• braise, braisé

Middle French

Alternative forms

• baisier

Etymology

From Old French baisier.

Verb

baiser

1. to kiss

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of baiser

infinitive	simple	baiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	baisant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		baisé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	baise	baises	baise	baisons	baisez	baisent
	imperfect	baisois, baisoys	baisois, baisoys	baisoit, baisoyt	baisions, baisyons	baisiez, baisyez	baisoient, baisoyent
	past historic	baisa	baisas	baisa	baisasmes	baisastes	baiserent
	future	baiserai, baiseray	baiseras	baisera	baiserons	baiserez	baiseront
	conditional	baiserois, baiseroys	baiserois, baiseroys	baiseroit, baiseroyt	baiserions, baiseryons	baiseriez, baiseryez	baiseroient, baiseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	baise	baises	baise	baisons	baisez	baisent
	imperfect	baisasse	baisasses	baisast	baisassions	baisassiez	baisassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	baise	—	baisons	baisez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Noun

baiser m (plural baisers)

1. a kiss

Descendants

• French: baiser