taxer
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
taxer (plural taxers)
- One who taxes.
- (UK, Cambridge University, historical) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.
References
- “taxer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French taxer, borrowed from Latin taxāre. Replaced the older tausser. Cf. also taux.
Pronunciation
Verb
taxer
- to tax, to impose a tax on
- (transitive) to accuse [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘of something’]
- taxer quelqu'un de malhonnêteté ― to accuse someone of dishonesty
- (transitive, derogatory, proscribed) to call, to label [with direct object ‘someone’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | taxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | taxant /tak.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | taxé /tak.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | taxe /taks/ |
taxes /taks/ |
taxe /taks/ |
taxons /tak.sɔ̃/ |
taxez /tak.se/ |
taxent /taks/ |
| imperfect | taxais /tak.sɛ/ |
taxais /tak.sɛ/ |
taxait /tak.sɛ/ |
taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/ |
taxiez /tak.sje/ |
taxaient /tak.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | taxai /tak.se/ |
taxas /tak.sa/ |
taxa /tak.sa/ |
taxâmes /tak.sam/ |
taxâtes /tak.sat/ |
taxèrent /tak.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | taxerai /tak.sə.ʁe/ |
taxeras /tak.sə.ʁa/ |
taxera /tak.sə.ʁa/ |
taxerons /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
taxerez /tak.sə.ʁe/ |
taxeront /tak.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerais /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerait /tak.sə.ʁɛ/ |
taxerions /tak.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
taxeriez /tak.sə.ʁje/ |
taxeraient /tak.sə.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 | taxe /taks/ |
taxes /taks/ |
taxe /taks/ |
taxions /tak.sjɔ̃/ |
taxiez /tak.sje/ |
taxent /taks/ |
| imperfect2 | taxasse /tak.sas/ |
taxasses /tak.sas/ |
taxât /tak.sa/ |
taxassions /tak.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
taxassiez /tak.sa.sje/ |
taxassent /tak.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | taxe /taks/ |
— | taxons /tak.sɔ̃/ |
taxez /tak.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “taxer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
taxer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of taxō
Old French
Alternative forms
- tauxer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin taxāre. Cf. also the older form tauxer (whence French taux), tausser, which was replaced.
Verb
taxer
- to tax, to impose a tax on
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of taxer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taxer | avoir taxé | |||||
| gerund | en taxant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | taxant | ||||||
| past participle | taxé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | taxe | taxes | taxe | taxons | taxez | taxent |
| imperfect | taxoie, taxeie, taxoe, taxeve | taxoies, taxeies, taxoes, taxeves | taxoit, taxeit, taxot, taxeve | taxiiens, taxiens | taxiiez, taxiez | taxoient, taxeient, taxoent, taxevent | |
| preterite | taxai | taxas | taxa | taxames | taxastes | taxerent | |
| future | taxerai | taxeras | taxera | taxerons | taxeroiz, taxereiz, taxerez | taxeront | |
| conditional | taxeroie, taxereie | taxeroies, taxereies | taxeroit, taxereit | taxeriiens, taxeriens | taxeriiez, taxeriez | taxeroient, taxereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | taxe | taxes | taxe | taxons | taxez | taxent |
| imperfect | taxasse | taxasses | taxast | taxissons, taxissiens | taxissoiz, taxissez, taxissiez | taxassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | taxe | — | taxons | taxez | — | ||
Descendants
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin tacēre. Compare Italian tacere.
Verb
taxer
- (intransitive) to shut up (be quiet)
Conjugation
* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of taxer (second conjugation)
| infinitive | taxer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | taxéndo | |||
| past participle | taxato | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | taxo | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxe | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxe |
| imperfect | taxéa | (te) taxivi | (el/ła) taxéa | taxévimo | taxivi | (i/łe) taxéa |
| future | taxarò | (te) taxarè | (el/ła) taxarà | taxarémo | taxarè | (i/łe) taxarà |
| conditional | taxarìa | (te) taxarisi | (el/ła) taxarìa | taxarìsimo | taxarisi | (i/łe) taxarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | taxa | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxa | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxa |
| imperfect | taxése | (te) taxisi | (el/ła) taxése | taxésimo | taxisi | (i/łe) taxése |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) taxi | (el/ła) taxa | taxémo | taxì | (i/łe) taxa | |