Infinitive
laisser
Gerund
laissant
Participles
| Present | laissant |
| Past | laissé |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | laisse |
| 2nd sing. | laisses |
| 3rd sing. | laisse |
| 1st plur. | laissons |
| 2nd plur. | laissez |
| 3rd plur. | laissent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | laissois; laissoys |
| 2nd sing. | laissois; laissoys |
| 3rd sing. | laissoit; laissoyt |
| 1st plur. | laissions; laissyons |
| 2nd plur. | laissiez; laissyez |
| 3rd plur. | laissoient; laissoyent |
Past Historic
| 1st sing. | laissa |
| 2nd sing. | laissas |
| 3rd sing. | laissa |
| 1st plur. | laissasmes |
| 2nd plur. | laissastes |
| 3rd plur. | laisserent |
Future
| 1st sing. | laisserai; laisseray |
| 2nd sing. | laisseras |
| 3rd sing. | laissera |
| 1st plur. | laisserons |
| 2nd plur. | laisserez |
| 3rd plur. | laisseront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | laisserois; laisseroys |
| 2nd sing. | laisserois; laisseroys |
| 3rd sing. | laisseroit; laisseroyt |
| 1st plur. | laisserions; laisseryons |
| 2nd plur. | laisseriez; laisseryez |
| 3rd plur. | laisseroient; laisseroyent |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | laisse |
| 2nd sing. | laisses |
| 3rd sing. | laisse |
| 1st plur. | laissons |
| 2nd plur. | laissez |
| 3rd plur. | laissent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | laissasse |
| 2nd sing. | laissasses |
| 3rd sing. | laissast |
| 1st plur. | laissassions |
| 2nd plur. | laissassiez |
| 3rd plur. | laissassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | laisse |
| 1st plur. | laissons |
| 2nd plur. | laissez |
Verbs conjugated like laisser
saluer,
combiner,
atourner,
effectuer,
approuvender,
employer,
r'asseurer,
empenser,
estrangler,
denunchier,
bailler,
baisler,
empescher,
embausmer,
coniurer,
engendrer,
tesmoigner,
despouiller,
despossesser,
rebarber, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Old French lesser, lessier, laissier (“to let, let go, leave”), from Latin laxō, laxāre (“to relax, loosen”); partly from or influenced by Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, leave”) (German lassen), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan (“to let, leave, leave alone”). See: Old French '
lesser', Latin '
laxo', Old High German 'lāzan', German, old spelling '
lassen'.
Verbs referencing "laisser"
French
laisser.
Sample Sentences
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[ie] vous prie que vous me laissiez ceste bataille (I beg of you to let me go into this battle alone) [1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 74:]
Cognates
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