plaisir
See also: Plaisir
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre. Compare Occitan plaser, Catalan plaer.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
plaisir m (plural plaisirs)
- pleasure
- avec bien de plaisir ― with much pleasure
- avec grand plaisir ― with great pleasure
- priver quelqu'un du plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to deprive someone of the pleasure of doing something
- avoir eu le plaisir de faire quelque chose ― to have had the pleasure of doing something
Derived termsEdit
- avec plaisir
- faire plaisir
- partie de plaisir
- prendre plaisir
- tout le plaisir est pour moi
- varier les plaisirs
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “plaisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French plaisir.
NounEdit
plaisir m (plural plaisirs)
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
plaisir m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)
VerbEdit
plaisir
- to please
ConjugationEdit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plaisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plaisir | avoir pleü | |||||
| gerund | en plaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plaisant | ||||||
| past participle | pleü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaz, plais | plais | plaist | plaisons | plaisiez | plaisent |
| imperfect | plaisoie, plaiseie | plaisoies, plaiseies | plaisoit, plaiseit | plaisiiens, plaisiens | plaisiiez, plaisiez | plaisoient, plaiseient | |
| preterite | ploi | pleüs | plot | pleümes | pleüstes | plorent | |
| future | plairai | plairas | plaira | plairons | plairoiz, plaireiz, plairez | plairont | |
| conditional | plairoie, plaireie | plairoies, plaireies | plairoit, plaireit | plairiiens, plairiens | plairiiez, plairiez | plairoient, plaireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | place, plaise | places, plaises | place, plaise | placiens, plaçons, plaisiens, plaisons | placiez, plaisiez | placent, plaisent |
| imperfect | pleüsse | pleüsses | pleüst | pleüssons, pleüssiens | pleüssoiz, pleüssez, pleüssiez | pleüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | plais | — | plaisons | plaisiez | — | ||