Inherited from Old French loisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.
The final -ir < Latin -ēre is regular and results from the palatalization of the preceding -c- to *, as in gésir, moisir, plaisir.
loisir m (plural loisirs)
From leisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.
loisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural loisirs, nominative singular loisirs, nominative plural loisir)
loisir
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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | loisir | avoir leü | |||||
| gerund | en loisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | loisant | ||||||
| past participle | leü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | loist | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | loisoit, loiseit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | lut | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | loira | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | loiroit, loireit | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | loise | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | leüst | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
loisir n (uncountable)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) loisir | loisirul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) loisir | loisirului |
| vocative | loisirule | |