biser

See also: Biser

French

Etymology

Western dialectal variant of baiser.

Pronunciation

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Verb

biser

1. (informal) to kiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of biser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	biser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bisant /bi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bisé /bi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bise /biz/	bises /biz/	bise /biz/	bisons /bi.zɔ̃/	bisez /bi.ze/	bisent /biz/
	imperfect	bisais /bi.zɛ/	bisais /bi.zɛ/	bisait /bi.zɛ/	bisions /bi.zjɔ̃/	bisiez /bi.zje/	bisaient /bi.zɛ/
	past historic2	bisai /bi.ze/	bisas /bi.za/	bisa /bi.za/	bisâmes /bi.zam/	bisâtes /bi.zat/	bisèrent /bi.zɛʁ/
	future	biserai /biz.ʁe/	biseras /biz.ʁa/	bisera /biz.ʁa/	biserons /biz.ʁɔ̃/	biserez /biz.ʁe/	biseront /biz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	biserais /biz.ʁɛ/	biserais /biz.ʁɛ/	biserait /biz.ʁɛ/	biserions /bi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	biseriez /bi.zə.ʁje/	biseraient /biz.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	bise /biz/	bises /biz/	bise /biz/	bisions /bi.zjɔ̃/	bisiez /bi.zje/	bisent /biz/
	imperfect2	bisasse /bi.zas/	bisasses /bi.zas/	bisât /bi.za/	bisassions /bi.za.sjɔ̃/	bisassiez /bi.za.sje/	bisassent /bi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bise /biz/	—	bisons /bi.zɔ̃/	bisez /bi.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).

Further reading

• “biser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Serbo-Croatian

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐser/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ser

Noun

bìser m (Cyrillic spelling бѝсер)

1. pearl

Declension

Declension of biser

	singular	plural
nominative	bìser	biseri
genitive	bisera	bȉsērā
dative	biseru	biserima
accusative	biser	bisere
vocative	biseru	biseri
locative	biseru	biserima
instrumental	biserom	biserima

Derived terms

• bìsēran

Further reading

• “biser”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

بُسْر (busr)

Etymology

From Bulgar, from Arabic بُسْر (busr, “unripe dates”) from the root ب س ر (b-s-r) related to things being early, so applied to pearls because unripe dates can have some tactile and optical properties similar to pearls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bíːsɛr/

Noun

bȋser m inan

1. pearl

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bíser
gen. sing.	bísera
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bíser	bísera	bíseri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bísera	bíserov	bíserov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bíseru	bíseroma	bíserom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bíser	bísera	bísere
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bíseru	bíserih	bíserih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bíserom	bíseroma	bíseri

Further reading

• “biser”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “biser”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references