Grammatical class

Verb

hausser

to raise

Details

Syllables

haus-ser

Phonetics

o.se

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

9203

Freq. (movies)

28340

Freq. (news)

18857

Sentences

Sami dut hausser le ton.

Sami had to raise his voice.

A2

Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole.

The government has raised petrol prices.

B1

Il me disait qu’il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules.

He told me he didn't know, shrugging his shoulders.

B1

Sami se mit à hausser le ton.

Sami started raising his voice.

B1

Sa réaction instinctive a été de hausser la voix contre son enfant.

His knee-jerk reaction was to raise his voice at his child.

B2