baisser
French, verb/bɛ.se/
baisser is spelled B-A-I-S-S-E-R (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baisser is a French verb meaning “to lower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire descendre, mettre plus bas”.
What does baisser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lower
- 2
to turn down (as a volume/setting)
- 3
to go down, fall
- 4
to fail
- 5
to lower oneself; to bend over
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire descendre, mettre plus bas. 2. Incliner vers le sol. 3. Amoindrir un son. 4. Diminuer la valeur vénale d’une chose.
noun: 1. Action de baisser (généralement un rideau).
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 baisser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- baissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- baissé participle past
- baisse first-person indicative present
- baisses indicative present second-person
- baissons first-person indicative plural
- baissez indicative plural present
- baissent indicative plural present
- baissais first-person imperfect indicative
- baissait imperfect indicative singular
- baissions first-person imperfect indicative
- baissiez imperfect indicative plural
- baissaient imperfect indicative plural
- baissai first-person historic indicative
- baissas historic indicative past
- baissa historic indicative past
- baissâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baisser?
- /bɛ.se/
- /be.se/
- Quebec /bɛ.se/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baisser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baisser in French?
baisser appears 19 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).