câlisser

French

Alternative forms

• câlicer (rare)

Etymology

From câlisse, a swear word, from Quebec eye-dialect spelling of calice (“chalice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.se/, /kɑ.li.se/

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Verb

câlisser

1. (Quebec, vulgar, slang) to throw

   Elle a câlissé l’assiette par terre. ― She threw the plate on the ground.

   Je vas lui câlisser une claque dans’ face.

   I'm gonna fucking slap him in the face.

   (literally, “I'm going to throw him a slap in the face.”)

2. (Quebec, vulgar, slang, reflexive) to not give a fuck, to not care

   Je m’en câlisse! ― I don't give a fuck!

Conjugation

Conjugation of câlisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	câlisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	câlissant /ka.li.sɑ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		câlissé /ka.li.se/ or /kɑ.li.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	câlisse /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlisses /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlisse /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlissons /ka.li.sɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sɔ̃/	câlissez /ka.li.se/ or /kɑ.li.se/	câlissent /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/
	imperfect	câlissais /ka.li.sɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sɛ/	câlissais /ka.li.sɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sɛ/	câlissait /ka.li.sɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sɛ/	câlissions /ka.li.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sjɔ̃/	câlissiez /ka.li.sje/ or /kɑ.li.sje/	câlissaient /ka.li.sɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sɛ/
	past historic2	câlissai /ka.li.se/ or /kɑ.li.se/	câlissas /ka.li.sa/ or /kɑ.li.sa/	câlissa /ka.li.sa/ or /kɑ.li.sa/	câlissâmes /ka.li.sam/ or /kɑ.li.sam/	câlissâtes /ka.li.sat/ or /kɑ.li.sat/	câlissèrent /ka.li.sɛʁ/ or /kɑ.li.sɛʁ/
	future	câlisserai /ka.li.sʁe/ or /kɑ.li.sʁe/	câlisseras /ka.li.sʁa/ or /kɑ.li.sʁa/	câlissera /ka.li.sʁa/ or /kɑ.li.sʁa/	câlisserons /ka.li.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɔ̃/	câlisserez /ka.li.sʁe/ or /kɑ.li.sʁe/	câlisseront /ka.li.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	câlisserais /ka.li.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɛ/	câlisserais /ka.li.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɛ/	câlisserait /ka.li.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɛ/	câlisserions /ka.li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	câlisseriez /ka.li.sə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.li.sə.ʁje/	câlisseraient /ka.li.sʁɛ/ or /kɑ.li.sʁɛ/
(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	câlisse /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlisses /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlisse /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	câlissions /ka.li.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sjɔ̃/	câlissiez /ka.li.sje/ or /kɑ.li.sje/	câlissent /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/
	imperfect2	câlissasse /ka.li.sas/ or /kɑ.li.sas/	câlissasses /ka.li.sas/ or /kɑ.li.sas/	câlissât /ka.li.sa/ or /kɑ.li.sa/	câlissassions /ka.li.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sa.sjɔ̃/	câlissassiez /ka.li.sa.sje/ or /kɑ.li.sa.sje/	câlissassent /ka.li.sas/ or /kɑ.li.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	câlisse /ka.lis/ or /kɑ.lis/	—	câlissons /ka.li.sɔ̃/ or /kɑ.li.sɔ̃/	câlissez /ka.li.se/ or /kɑ.li.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).