complaire
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French complaire, borrowed from Latin complacere. By surface analysis, com- + plaire.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
complaire
- (reflexive) to get stuck in, to get caught in
- (reflexive) to take pleasure in, to bask in
- (reflexive, derogatory) to wallow, to revel in
Conjugation edit
plaire and its derived verbs conjugate like taire, except that the third person singular of the present indicative may take a circumflex on the 'i'.
Conjugation of complaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | complaire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | complaisant /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | complu /kɔ̃.ply/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complaît or complait /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complaisons /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɔ̃/ |
complaisez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ze/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ze/ |
complaisent /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
| imperfect | complaisais /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɛ/ |
complaisais /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɛ/ |
complaisait /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɛ/ |
complaisions /kɔ̃.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zjɔ̃/ |
complaisiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.zje/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zje/ |
complaisaient /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | complus /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complus /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complut /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complûmes /kɔ̃.plym/ |
complûtes /kɔ̃.plyt/ |
complurent /kɔ̃.plyʁ/ | |
| future | complairai /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁe/ |
complairas /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁa/ |
complaira /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁa/ |
complairons /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɔ̃/ |
complairez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁe/ |
complairont /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | complairais /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɛ/ |
complairais /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɛ/ |
complairait /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɛ/ |
complairions /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁjɔ̃/ |
complairiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁje/ |
complairaient /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | complaise /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaises /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaise /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaisions /kɔ̃.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zjɔ̃/ |
complaisiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.zje/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zje/ |
complaisent /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
| imperfect2 | complusse /kɔ̃.plys/ |
complusses /kɔ̃.plys/ |
complût /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complussions /kɔ̃.ply.sjɔ̃/ |
complussiez /kɔ̃.ply.sje/ |
complussent /kɔ̃.plys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
— | complaisons /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.ple.zɔ̃/ |
complaisez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ze/ or /kɔ̃.ple.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “complaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin complaceo, complacere.
Verb edit
complaire
- to please
- c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- Le roy de France, pour luy complaire, par le moien du duc d'Angou, le luy donna
- The King of France, to please him, by the intermediary of the Duke of Anjou, gave it to him
Descendants edit
- French: compaire