toiser

French

Etymology

From toise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /twa.ze/
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Verb

toiser

  1. (archaic, transitive) to measure, to gauge someone's height (originally, using a height gauge)
  2. (figurative, transitive) to size up
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 1, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Il me toise à plein visage, avec son calme lunaire et ses yeux pers qui sont un hommage quotidien à l’intelligence.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of toiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple toiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple toisant
/twa.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle toisé
/twa.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present toise
/twaz/		 toises
/twaz/		 toise
/twaz/		 toisons
/twa.zɔ̃/		 toisez
/twa.ze/		 toisent
/twaz/
imperfect toisais
/twa.zɛ/		 toisais
/twa.zɛ/		 toisait
/twa.zɛ/		 toisions
/twa.zjɔ̃/		 toisiez
/twa.zje/		 toisaient
/twa.zɛ/
past historic2 toisai
/twa.ze/		 toisas
/twa.za/		 toisa
/twa.za/		 toisâmes
/twa.zam/		 toisâtes
/twa.zat/		 toisèrent
/twa.zɛʁ/
future toiserai
/twaz.ʁe/		 toiseras
/twaz.ʁa/		 toisera
/twaz.ʁa/		 toiserons
/twaz.ʁɔ̃/		 toiserez
/twaz.ʁe/		 toiseront
/twaz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional toiserais
/twaz.ʁɛ/		 toiserais
/twaz.ʁɛ/		 toiserait
/twaz.ʁɛ/		 toiserions
/twa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 toiseriez
/twa.zə.ʁje/		 toiseraient
/twaz.ʁɛ/
(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 toise
/twaz/		 toises
/twaz/		 toise
/twaz/		 toisions
/twa.zjɔ̃/		 toisiez
/twa.zje/		 toisent
/twaz/
imperfect2 toisasse
/twa.zas/		 toisasses
/twa.zas/		 toisât
/twa.za/		 toisassions
/twa.za.sjɔ̃/		 toisassiez
/twa.za.sje/		 toisassent
/twa.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — toise
/twaz/		 — toisons
/twa.zɔ̃/		 toisez
/twa.ze/		 —
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
  • toisage
  • toisement
  • toiseur

Further reading
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