baissez in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.baisser [bese] VB trans

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1. baisser (abaisser) personne:

baisser volet, store
to lower
baisser vitre
to wind [sth] down
baisser pantalon, culotte, visière
to pull down
baisser col
to turn down
les stores étaient baissés
the blinds were down
baisser la tête (par précaution)
to lower one's head
baisser la tête (vivement)
to duck one's head
baisser la tête (par soumission, de honte)
to bow
baisser les yeux (de honte)
to look down (in shame)
baisser les bras lit
to lower one's arms
baisser les bras fig
to give up
baisser le nez fig
to hang one's head
je vais leur faire baisser le nez, à ces prétentieux!
I'm going to bring them down a peg or two, those pretentious twits!

II.baisser [bese] VB intr

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1. baisser (diminuer de niveau):

baisser température, pression, tension:
to fall, to drop, to go down (à to, de by)
baisser fièvre, volume sonore:
to go down
baisser lumière:
to fade, to grow dim
baisser eaux:
to subside
baisser qualité:
to decline
baisser criminalité, délinquance:
to decline, to be on the decline
baisser moral:
to fall
baisser optimisme:
to fade
le Rhône continue de baisser
water levels in the Rhône are still dropping
le niveau des étudiants n'a pas baissé
the standard of the students' work has not deteriorated
baisser dans l'estime de qn
to go down in sb's esteem
baisser dans les sondages candidat:
to go down in the polls
le baromètre baisse
the barometer is falling
le jour baisse
the light is fading
baisser d'un ton inf personne: fig
to calm down

2. baisser (diminuer de valeur):

baisser prix, résultat, taux, production, recettes:
to fall
baisser salaires:
to go down
baisser pouvoir d'achat:
to decrease
baisser chômage, emplois:
to fall, to decrease
baisser productivité:
to decline
baisser actions, chiffre d'affaires:
to go ou come down, to decrease
baisser budget:
to be cut
baisser marché:
to decline
baisser monnaie:
to slide
les loyers vont baisser
rents are going to go down
les prix/taux d'intérêt/salaires ont baissé de 2%
prices/interest rates/salaries have come down by 2%
leur PNB a baissé de moitié
their GNP has dropped by half
la productivité va baisser de 10%
productivity will fall ou drop by 10%
la nouvelle de la guerre a fait baisser la Bourse
news of the war caused prices on the Stock Exchange to fall ou drop

III.se baisser VB refl

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baissez in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for baissez in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

I.baisser [bese] VB trans

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II.baisser [bese] VB intr

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III.baisser [bese] VB refl

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baissez Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

baisser le front
to bow one's head
baisser les bras
to throw in the towel
hausser/baisser qc d'un cran
to raise/lower sth a notch
baisser son froc devant qn inf
to back down from sb
baisser son froc devant qn inf
to drop one's trousers in front of sb
baisser/hausser le ton
to lower/raise one's voice
baisser/courber la tête
to lower/bend one's head
lever/baisser les yeux
to raise/lower one's eyes
faire baisser le standing du quartier
to lower the tone of the neighbourhood
baisser la note de qn à cause de l'orthographe
to mark sb down for spelling mistakes
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