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friser
friser
French
Verb
friser
- to curl
- to graze, to pass by barely touching
- to skip, to print double
- (figuratively) to just miss
- to buzz
Conjugation
Conjugation of friser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | friser | avoir frisé | |||||
| gerund | en frisant | en ayant frisé | |||||
| present participle | frisant /fʁi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | frisé /fʁi.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | frise /fʁiz/ |
frises /fʁiz/ |
frise /fʁiz/ |
frisons /fʁi.zɔ̃/ |
frisez /fʁi.ze/ |
frisent /fʁiz/ |
| imperfect | frisais /fʁi.zɛ/ |
frisais /fʁi.zɛ/ |
frisait /fʁi.zɛ/ |
frisions /fʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
frisiez /fʁi.zje/ |
frisaient /fʁi.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | frisai /fʁi.ze/ |
frisas /fʁi.za/ |
frisa /fʁi.za/ |
frisâmes /fʁi.zam/ |
frisâtes /fʁi.zat/ |
frisèrent /fʁi.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | friserai /fʁiz.ʁe/ |
friseras /fʁiz.ʁa/ |
frisera /fʁiz.ʁa/ |
friserons /fʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
friserez /fʁiz.ʁe/ |
friseront /fʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | friserais /fʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
friserais /fʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
friserait /fʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
friserions /fʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
friseriez /fʁi.zə.ʁje/ |
friseraient /fʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | frise /fʁiz/ |
frises /fʁiz/ |
frise /fʁiz/ |
frisions /fʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
frisiez /fʁi.zje/ |
frisent /fʁiz/ |
| imperfect1 |
frisasse /fʁi.zas/ |
frisasses /fʁi.zas/ |
frisât /fʁi.za/ |
frisassions /fʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
frisassiez /fʁi.za.sje/ |
frisassent /fʁi.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | frise /fʁiz/ |
— | frisons /fʁi.zɔ̃/ |
frisez /fʁi.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), possibly from Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”).
Verb
friser