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j'abaisse

lower, bring down, stoop, lower oneself

a . b ɛ s → abaisser
abaiss to lower, to reduce + e Present/subjunctive or tu-command ending
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #51,774
lower, bring down In the corpus, this form is an imperative: a command to lower something.
FR: Abaisse la voix, s'il te plaît.
EN: Lower your voice, please.
stoop, lower oneself Used reflexively in s'abaisser; often means to behave in a way considered beneath one's dignity.
FR: Il ne s'abaisse pas à mentir.
EN: He doesn't stoop to lying.
Conjugation of abaisser
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First abaisse —
Second — abaissez
Third abaisse —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second abaisse abaissez
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First abaisse —
Third abaisse —

"Que le sabre s'abaisse, ma jeunesse n'a pas été vaine."

Let the sword fall; my youth was not in vain.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Ne t'abaisse pas à toucher cet animal.

Don’t lower yourself to touch that animal.

— Dune : Deuxième partie (2024)

Une noble princesse ne s'abaisse pas aux activités faisant transpirer.

A noble princess does not stoop to activities that make her sweat.

— Le Conte de la princesse Kaguya (2013)

Abaisse la flamme.

Lower the flame.

Sounds similar to

abeilles a . b ɛ j abeille a . b ɛ j