jouer

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See also: iouer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French joer, from Latin iocārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒwe/, /ʒu.e/
  • audio(file)

Verb

jouer

  1. to play (engage in games or play)
    jouer selon les règles ― to play by the rules
    Est-ce que tu voudrais jouer à un jeu avec moi ?
    Would you like to play a game with me?
  2. to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
    Il n’y a pas de doute que tous nos élèves jouent du piano avec compétence, mais Delphine est la seule qui comprenne d’intuition l’essence sous-jacente de ce qu’on joue. Il y en a toujours dans l’audience au moins quelques-uns qui sont émus aux larmes en l’écoutant jouer.
    There is no doubt that all our students play the piano competently, but Delphine is the only one who understands intuitively the essence underlying what is played. There are still in the audience at least some people who are brought to tears hearing what is played.
  3. to play (a role)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple jouant
/ʒwɑ̃/ or /ʒu.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle joué
/ʒwe/ or /ʒu.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present joue
/ʒu/ 		joues
/ʒu/ 		joue
/ʒu/ 		jouons
/ʒwɔ̃/ or /ʒu.ɔ̃/ 		jouez
/ʒwe/ or /ʒu.e/ 		jouent
/ʒu/
imperfect jouais
/ʒwɛ/ or /ʒu.ɛ/ 		jouais
/ʒwɛ/ or /ʒu.ɛ/ 		jouait
/ʒwɛ/ or /ʒu.ɛ/ 		jouions
/ʒu.jɔ̃/ 		jouiez
/ʒu.je/ 		jouaient
/ʒwɛ/ or /ʒu.ɛ/
past historic2 jouai
/ʒwe/ or /ʒu.e/ 		jouas
/ʒwa/ or /ʒu.a/ 		joua
/ʒwa/ or /ʒu.a/ 		jouâmes
/ʒwam/ or /ʒu.am/ 		jouâtes
/ʒwat/ or /ʒu.at/ 		jouèrent
/ʒwɛʁ/ or /ʒu.ɛʁ/
future jouerai
/ʒu.ʁe/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁe/ 		joueras
/ʒu.ʁa/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁa/ 		jouera
/ʒu.ʁa/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁa/ 		jouerons
/ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁɔ̃/ 		jouerez
/ʒu.ʁe/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁe/ 		joueront
/ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jouerais
/ʒu.ʁɛ/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ 		jouerais
/ʒu.ʁɛ/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ 		jouerait
/ʒu.ʁɛ/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁɛ/ 		jouerions
/ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		joueriez
/ʒu.ʁje/ or /ʒu.ə.ʁje/ 		joueraient
/ʒu.ʁɛ/ or /ʒu.ə.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 joue
/ʒu/ 		joues
/ʒu/ 		joue
/ʒu/ 		jouions
/ʒu.jɔ̃/ 		jouiez
/ʒu.je/ 		jouent
/ʒu/
imperfect2 jouasse
/ʒwas/ or /ʒu.as/ 		jouasses
/ʒwas/ or /ʒu.as/ 		jouât
/ʒwa/ or /ʒu.a/ 		jouassions
/ʒwa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒu.a.sjɔ̃/ 		jouassiez
/ʒwa.sje/ or /ʒu.a.sje/ 		jouassent
/ʒwas/ or /ʒu.as/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — joue
/ʒu/ 		— jouons
/ʒwɔ̃/ or /ʒu.ɔ̃/ 		jouez
/ʒwe/ or /ʒu.e/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French joer, from Latin iocārī. Compare French jouer.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

jouer (gerund jouéthie or jouêthie or jouôthie)

  1. (Jersey) to play (engage in games or play)
  2. (Jersey, music, transitive, intransitive) to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
  3. (Jersey) to play (a role)

Synonyms

  • sonner (“to play an instrument”)

Derived terms

Picard

Etymology

From Old French joer, from Latin iocārī.

Verb

jouer

  1. to play
    Èmn'éfint i joue din'l jornèe, pi conme cha ej peus m'erposer.
    My child plays during the day so that I can rest.

Conjugation

    Conjugation in Picard
infinitive jouer
gerund jouint
auxiliary avoèr
past participle masculine feminine
singular jouè jouèe
plural jouès jouèes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ej (j') tu (t') i (il)/ale (n)os os is
present joue joues joue jouons jouez joutte
imperfect jouoé jouoés jouoét jouoinmes jouoètes jouoètte
future jourai
jouro 		jouros jouro jourons jourez jouront
conditional jouroé jouroés jouroét jouroinmes jouroètes jouroètte
subjunctive qu'ej (j') qu'tu (t') qu'i (il)/ale qu'(n)os qu'os qu'is
present joue joues joue jouonche jouèche joutte
imperative — tu — (n)os os —
affirmative joue jouons jouez
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