visser

See also: Visser

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch visser, from Middle Dutch vischer, visscher, from Old Dutch *fiskar, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Equivalent to vis +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfə.sər/

Noun

visser (plural vissers)

1. A fisher, a fisherman or fisherwoman.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• visscher (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vischer, visscher, from Old Dutch *fiskar, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Equivalent to vissen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.sər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vis‧ser
• Rhymes: -ɪsər

Noun

visser m (plural vissers, diminutive vissertje n, feminine visster)

1. A fisher, a fisherman or, less commonly, a fisherwoman.

Derived terms

• magneetvisser
• sportvisser
• visserij
• visserman
• vissersboot
• visserschip
• visserslatijn
• vissersring

 

Related terms

• vis
• vissen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: visser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.se/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From vis +‎ -er.

Verb

visser

1. to screw in; to screw on

Conjugation

Conjugation of visser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	visser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vissant /vi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vissé /vi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	visse /vis/	visses /vis/	visse /vis/	vissons /vi.sɔ̃/	vissez /vi.se/	vissent /vis/
	imperfect	vissais /vi.sɛ/	vissais /vi.sɛ/	vissait /vi.sɛ/	vissions /vi.sjɔ̃/	vissiez /vi.sje/	vissaient /vi.sɛ/
	past historic2	vissai /vi.se/	vissas /vi.sa/	vissa /vi.sa/	vissâmes /vi.sam/	vissâtes /vi.sat/	vissèrent /vi.sɛʁ/
	future	visserai /vi.sʁe/	visseras /vi.sʁa/	vissera /vi.sʁa/	visserons /vi.sʁɔ̃/	visserez /vi.sʁe/	visseront /vi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	visserais /vi.sʁɛ/	visserais /vi.sʁɛ/	visserait /vi.sʁɛ/	visserions /vi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	visseriez /vi.sə.ʁje/	visseraient /vi.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	visse /vis/	visses /vis/	visse /vis/	vissions /vi.sjɔ̃/	vissiez /vi.sje/	vissent /vis/
	imperfect2	vissasse /vi.sas/	vissasses /vi.sas/	vissât /vi.sa/	vissassions /vi.sa.sjɔ̃/	vissassiez /vi.sa.sje/	vissassent /vi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	visse /vis/	—	vissons /vi.sɔ̃/	vissez /vi.se/	—
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

• dévisser
• vissage
• vissé
• visseuse

Related terms

• tournevis

Etymology 2

Verlan form of servir.

Verb

visser

1. (Verlan) to serve
2. (Verlan, slang) to sell drugs

Note: This verb remains unconjugated.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• servis