amuser (plural amusers)
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Inherited from Middle French amuser (“to amuse, divert, babble”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) (compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”)), from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).
An alternative etymology connects Old French muser and Occitan musa with Old High German muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”). Compare also Old High German muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty.
amuser
| infinitive | simple | amuser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amusant /a.my.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amusé /a.my.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amuse /a.myz/ |
amuses /a.myz/ |
amuse /a.myz/ |
amusons /a.my.zɔ̃/ |
amusez /a.my.ze/ |
amusent /a.myz/ |
| imperfect | amusais /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusais /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusait /a.my.zɛ/ |
amusions /a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
amusiez /a.my.zje/ |
amusaient /a.my.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amusai /a.my.ze/ |
amusas /a.my.za/ |
amusa /a.my.za/ |
amusâmes /a.my.zam/ |
amusâtes /a.my.zat/ |
amusèrent /a.my.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | amuserai /a.myz.ʁe/ |
amuseras /a.myz.ʁa/ |
amusera /a.myz.ʁa/ |
amuserons /a.myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
amuserez /a.myz.ʁe/ |
amuseront /a.myz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amuserais /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserais /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserait /a.myz.ʁɛ/ |
amuserions /a.my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amuseriez /a.my.zə.ʁje/ |
amuseraient /a.myz.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 | amuse /a.myz/ |
amuses /a.myz/ |
amuse /a.myz/ |
amusions /a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
amusiez /a.my.zje/ |
amusent /a.myz/ |
| imperfect2 | amusasse /a.my.zas/ |
amusasses /a.my.zas/ |
amusât /a.my.za/ |
amusassions /a.my.za.sjɔ̃/ |
amusassiez /a.my.za.sje/ |
amusassent /a.my.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amuse /a.myz/ |
— | amusons /a.my.zɔ̃/ |
amusez /a.my.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
| infinitive | simple | s'amuser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’amusant /sa.my.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amusé /a.my.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’amuse /ma.myz/ |
t’amuses /ta.myz/ |
s’amuse /sa.myz/ |
nous amusons /nu.z‿a.my.zɔ̃/ |
vous amusez /vu.z‿a.my.ze/ |
s’amusent /sa.myz/ |
| imperfect | m’amusais /ma.my.zɛ/ |
t’amusais /ta.my.zɛ/ |
s’amusait /sa.my.zɛ/ |
nous amusions /nu.z‿a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
vous amusiez /vu.z‿a.my.zje/ |
s’amusaient /sa.my.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’amusai /ma.my.ze/ |
t’amusas /ta.my.za/ |
s’amusa /sa.my.za/ |
nous amusâmes /nu.z‿a.my.zam/ |
vous amusâtes /vu.z‿a.my.zat/ |
s’amusèrent /sa.my.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’amuserai /ma.myz.ʁe/ |
t’amuseras /ta.myz.ʁa/ |
s’amusera /sa.myz.ʁa/ |
nous amuserons /nu.z‿a.myz.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous amuserez /vu.z‿a.myz.ʁe/ |
s’amuseront /sa.myz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’amuserais /ma.myz.ʁɛ/ |
t’amuserais /ta.myz.ʁɛ/ |
s’amuserait /sa.myz.ʁɛ/ |
nous amuserions /nu.z‿a.my.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous amuseriez /vu.z‿a.my.zə.ʁje/ |
s’amuseraient /sa.myz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’amuse /ma.myz/ |
t’amuses /ta.myz/ |
s’amuse /sa.myz/ |
nous amusions /nu.z‿a.my.zjɔ̃/ |
vous amusiez /vu.z‿a.my.zje/ |
s’amusent /sa.myz/ |
| imperfect2 | m’amusasse /ma.my.zas/ |
t’amusasses /ta.my.zas/ |
s’amusât /sa.my.za/ |
nous amusassions /nu.z‿a.my.za.sjɔ̃/ |
vous amusassiez /vu.z‿a.my.za.sje/ |
s’amusassent /sa.my.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amuse-toi /a.myz.twa/ |
— | amusons-nous /a.my.zɔ̃.nu/ |
amusez-vous /a.my.ze.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin.
amuser