gésir

See also: gesir

French

Etymology

From Old French gesir, from Latin jacēre, iacēre, present active infinitive of iaceō, from Proto-Italic *jakēō. Cognate with Italian giacere, Spanish yacer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒe.ziʁ/

Verb

gésir

  1. (intransitive, literary) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
  2. (intransitive) to lie (to be left in a horizontal position)
  3. (intransitive) to be located
  4. (intransitive) to be buried, hidden

Usage notes

The circumflex on the ‘i‘ in the third-person singular present indicative has been optional since the 1990 French spelling reforms; see git.

Conjugation

This is a defective verb, and is only conjugated in the present and imperfect indicative.

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