abaisser

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French abaissier, from a (“to, towards”) + baissier (“to lower”). See Modern French à, baisser. === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /a.bɛ.se/ ~ /a.be.se/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /a.bɛː.se/ Homophones: abaissai, abaissé, abaissée, abaissées, abaissés, abaissez === Verb === abaisser (literally, transitive) to lower; to reduce; to bring down (reflexive, transitive) to come or go down; to descend (figuratively, reflexive, transitive) to humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate (cooking) to roll out (the dough) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== élever hausser glorifier ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: to abase Mauritian Creole: abese === References === Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Further reading === “abaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === abriasse, baiseras, baissera, baserais, ébraisas, ébrasais, rabaisse, rabaissé