hausser

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *altiāre, present active infinitive of *altiō, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Aromanian analtsu, Catalan alçar, Dalmatian alzur, Friulian alçâ, Italian alzare, Occitan auçar, Portuguese alçar, Romani auzar, Romanian înălța, Romansch auzar, Sardinian altsare, Spanish alzar.

Pronunciation
  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /o.se/
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Verb

hausser

  1. to raise
    Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole.
    The government has raised petrol prices.
  2. to shrug
    Il me disait qu'il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules.
    He told me he didn't know, shrugging his shoulders.

Conjugation
Conjugation of hausser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle haussant
/o.sɑ̃/
past participle haussé
/o.se/
infinitive
simple hausser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple haussant
/o.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present hausse
/os/		 hausses
/os/		 hausse
/os/		 haussons
/o.sɔ̃/		 haussez
/o.se/		 haussent
/os/
imperfect haussais
/o.sɛ/		 haussais
/o.sɛ/		 haussait
/o.sɛ/		 haussions
/o.sjɔ̃/		 haussiez
/o.sje/		 haussaient
/o.sɛ/
past historic2 haussai
/o.se/		 haussas
/o.sa/		 haussa
/o.sa/		 haussâmes
/o.sam/		 haussâtes
/o.sat/		 haussèrent
/o.sɛʁ/
future hausserai
/o.sʁe/		 hausseras
/o.sʁa/		 haussera
/o.sʁa/		 hausserons
/o.sʁɔ̃/		 hausserez
/o.sʁe/		 hausseront
/o.sʁɔ̃/
conditional hausserais
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserais
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserait
/o.sʁɛ/		 hausserions
/o.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 hausseriez
/o.sə.ʁje/		 hausseraient
/o.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 hausse
/os/		 hausses
/os/		 hausse
/os/		 haussions
/o.sjɔ̃/		 haussiez
/o.sje/		 haussent
/os/
imperfect2 haussasse
/o.sas/		 haussasses
/o.sas/		 haussât
/o.sa/		 haussassions
/o.sa.sjɔ̃/		 haussassiez
/o.sa.sje/		 haussassent
/o.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — hausse
/os/		 — haussons
/o.sɔ̃/		 haussez
/o.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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