"fesse" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fɛs/ Audio: Fr-fesse.ogg Forms: fesses [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French fesse, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fissa (“split, cleft”), from Latin fissum, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós. Originally referred to the gluteal cleft. The verb fesser and its derivatives are etymologically unrelated and converged toward fesse in both form and sense through assimilation. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|fesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fesse, {{inh+|fr|frm|fesse}} Inherited from Middle French fesse, {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{inh|fr|VL.|*fissa||split, cleft}} Vulgar Latin *fissa (“split, cleft”), {{inh|fr|la|fissum}} Latin fissum, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*bʰidtós}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós, {{m|fr|fesser}} fesser Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fesse f (plural fesses)
  1. buttock Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fesse-fr-noun-QrA0Jzq3 Derived forms: avoir le feu aux fesses, botter les fesses, chauffer les fesses, coller aux fesses, coûter la peau des fesses, de la fesse gauche, entrefesse, fessé, fessée, fesser, fessier, fesseur, fesseuse, le beurre, l’argent du beurre et les fesses de la crémière, ramener ses fesses, s’occuper de ses fesses

Verb

IPA: /fɛs/ Audio: Fr-fesse.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French fesse, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fissa (“split, cleft”), from Latin fissum, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós. Originally referred to the gluteal cleft. The verb fesser and its derivatives are etymologically unrelated and converged toward fesse in both form and sense through assimilation. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|fesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fesse, {{inh+|fr|frm|fesse}} Inherited from Middle French fesse, {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{inh|fr|VL.|*fissa||split, cleft}} Vulgar Latin *fissa (“split, cleft”), {{inh|fr|la|fissum}} Latin fissum, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*bʰidtós}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós, {{m|fr|fesser}} fesser Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} fesse
  1. inflection of fesser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-fesse-fr-verb-50EsLj2j Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 70 26
  2. inflection of fesser:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-fesse-fr-verb-Qs5hMVgT

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fesser",
          "fesser#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛs/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Fès"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "fèces"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-fesse.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/Fr-fesse.ogg/Fr-fesse.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Fr-fesse.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fesse"
}

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