baisse
French, noun
baisse is spelled B-A-I-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baisse is a French feminine noun meaning “drop; decrease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of baisser. With an accent, baissé is a different word: “past participle of baisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de baisser de niveau”.
What does baisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedrop; decrease
Une baisse des prix.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of baisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de baisser de niveau. 2. Diminution de prix, de valeur. 3. Diminution de valeur des monnaies, des fonds publics et des valeurs industrielles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of baisse
- baisses plural
- baissée feminine
- baissés masculine plural
- baissées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baisse in French?
baisse appears 49 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).