baissier

== French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === baissier m (plural baissiers, feminine baissière) bear (investor who anticipates falling prices) === Adjective === baissier (feminine baissière, masculine plural baissiers, feminine plural baissières) bearish (of a market) === Further reading === “baissier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, from Late Latin bassus. === Verb === baissier to lower. ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: baisser Norman: baîssi Poitevin-Saintongeais: baessàe Walloon: baxhî