poiser

English

Etymology

poise +‎ -er

Noun

poiser (plural poisers)

The balancer of dipterous insects.

Anagrams

opries, posier

Middle French

Alternative forms

peser

Etymology

From Old French poiser, variant of peser based on the tonic stem, from Vulgar Latin *pēsō, pēsāre, from Latin pēnsō, pēnsāre.

Verb

poiser

to weigh
(figuratively) to weigh on; to be a burden or a problem

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of poiser

		simple			compound
infinitive		poiser			avoir poisé
gerund		en poisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		poisant
past participle		poisé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	poise	poises	poise	poisons	poisez	poisent
	imperfect	poisois, poisoys	poisois, poisoys	poisoit, poisoyt	poisions, poisyons	poisiez, poisyez	poisoient, poisoyent
	past historic	poisa	poisas	poisa	poisasmes	poisastes	poiserent
	future	poiserai, poiseray	poiseras	poisera	poiserons	poiserez	poiseront
	conditional	poiserois, poiseroys	poiserois, poiseroys	poiseroit, poiseroyt	poiserions, poiseryons	poiseriez, poiseryez	poiseroient, poiseroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	poise	poises	poise	poisons	poisez	poisent
simple tenses	imperfect	poisasse	poisasses	poisast	poisassions	poisassiez	poisassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	poise	—	poisons	poisez	—

Derived terms

poisant

Related terms

poix

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