baiser

to kiss; to fuck, screw; to prevail over someone, fuck, screw; to break, deteriorate, to fuck up

“Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes Nous baisâmes les livres saints et nous sortîmes de la chapelle.” — We kissed the books of the saints and removed ourselves from the chapel.

Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”). As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning “fuck” arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense. The noun derives from the verb.

kiss

“Par le baiser que me donne ma pauvre Modeste, je devine ce qui se passe en elle : si elle a reçu ce qu’elle attend, ou si elle est inquiète. Il y a bien des nuances dans les baisers, même dans ceux d’une fille innocente, […]” — By the kiss my Modeste gives me I can guess what is passing within her. I know whether she has received what she was looking for, or whether she is uneasy or expectant. There are many gradations in a kiss, even in that of an innocent young girl, […]

Related: baiser de la mort

Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”). As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning “fuck” arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense. The noun derives from the verb.