glisser

French

Etymology

From Middle French glisser, from Old French glicier (“to slip, slide, glide”), from a merger of Old French glacier (“to slip, slide”) and Old French gliier, glier (“to slip, slide, glide”), from Frankish *glīdan (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną (“to glide, slide”). More at glide.

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

glisser

  1. (intransitive) to slip, to slide, to skid
    se glisser dans ses vêtements ― to slip into one's clothes
    Des erreurs peuvent s’être glissées. ― Some mistakes could have slipped in.
  2. (intransitive) to glide
  3. (music) to slide

Conjugation
Conjugation of glisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple glisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple glissant
/ɡli.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle glissé
/ɡli.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present glisse
/ɡlis/		 glisses
/ɡlis/		 glisse
/ɡlis/		 glissons
/ɡli.sɔ̃/		 glissez
/ɡli.se/		 glissent
/ɡlis/
imperfect glissais
/ɡli.sɛ/		 glissais
/ɡli.sɛ/		 glissait
/ɡli.sɛ/		 glissions
/ɡli.sjɔ̃/		 glissiez
/ɡli.sje/		 glissaient
/ɡli.sɛ/
past historic2 glissai
/ɡli.se/		 glissas
/ɡli.sa/		 glissa
/ɡli.sa/		 glissâmes
/ɡli.sam/		 glissâtes
/ɡli.sat/		 glissèrent
/ɡli.sɛʁ/
future glisserai
/ɡli.sʁe/		 glisseras
/ɡli.sʁa/		 glissera
/ɡli.sʁa/		 glisserons
/ɡli.sʁɔ̃/		 glisserez
/ɡli.sʁe/		 glisseront
/ɡli.sʁɔ̃/
conditional glisserais
/ɡli.sʁɛ/		 glisserais
/ɡli.sʁɛ/		 glisserait
/ɡli.sʁɛ/		 glisserions
/ɡli.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 glisseriez
/ɡli.sə.ʁje/		 glisseraient
/ɡli.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 glisse
/ɡlis/		 glisses
/ɡlis/		 glisse
/ɡlis/		 glissions
/ɡli.sjɔ̃/		 glissiez
/ɡli.sje/		 glissent
/ɡlis/
imperfect2 glissasse
/ɡli.sas/		 glissasses
/ɡli.sas/		 glissât
/ɡli.sa/		 glissassions
/ɡli.sa.sjɔ̃/		 glissassiez
/ɡli.sa.sje/		 glissassent
/ɡli.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — glisse
/ɡlis/		 — glissons
/ɡli.sɔ̃/		 glissez
/ɡli.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Italian: glissare

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