payer

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See also: Payer and payér

English

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Etymology

pay +‎ -er (“subject of action”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)

Noun

payer (plural payers)

  1. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
  2. (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French payer, from Old French paiier, paier, from Latin pacāre (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

Verb

payer

  1. (transitive) to pay (for)
    payer une amende ― pay a fine
    payer un service ― pay for a service
  2. (transitive) to pay (someone)
    payer la caissière ― pay the cashier
    Il m’a payé 3 euros. ― He paid me 3 euros.
  3. (transitive) to buy (something)
    Nous payons les courses. ― We're buying the groceries.
  4. pay for (suffer the consequences of something)
    Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur. ― You're going to pay for what you did to my sister.
  5. to pay off (to be fruitful)
    Mes efforts ont payé. ― My efforts paid off.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of payer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple payer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple payant
/pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /pe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle payé
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		payes or paies
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		payons
/pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pe.jɔ̃/ 		payez
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/ 		payent or paient
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/
imperfect payais
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/ 		payais
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/ 		payait
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/ 		payions
/pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		payiez
/pɛj.je/ 		payaient
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/
past historic2 payai
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/ 		payas
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/ 		paya
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/ 		payâmes
/pɛ.jam/ or /pe.jam/ 		payâtes
/pɛ.jat/ or /pe.jat/ 		payèrent
/pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /pe.jɛʁ/
future payerai or paierai
/pɛj.ʁe/ or /pɛ.ʁe/ or /pe.ʁe/ 		payeras or paieras
/pɛj.ʁa/ or /pɛ.ʁa/ or /pe.ʁa/ 		payera or paiera
/pɛj.ʁa/ or /pɛ.ʁa/ or /pe.ʁa/ 		payerons or paierons
/pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.ʁɔ̃/ 		payerez or paierez
/pɛj.ʁe/ or /pɛ.ʁe/ or /pe.ʁe/ 		payeront or paieront
/pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional payerais or paierais
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ʁɛ/ 		payerais or paierais
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ʁɛ/ 		payerait or paierait
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ʁɛ/ 		payerions or paierions
/pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		payeriez or paieriez
/pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /pe.jə.ʁje/ or /pɛ.ʁje/ or /pe.ʁje/ 		payeraient or paieraient
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pe.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 paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		payes or paies
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		payions
/pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		payiez
/pɛj.je/ 		payent or paient
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/
imperfect2 payasse
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/ 		payasses
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/ 		payât
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/ 		payassions
/pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		payassiez
/pɛ.ja.sje/ or /pe.ja.sje/ 		payassent
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/ 		— payons
/pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pe.jɔ̃/ 		payez
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/ 		—
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).

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Related terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: peye

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French paiier.

Verb

payer

  1. to pay

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of payer
infinitive simple payer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple payant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle payé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paye payes paye payons payez payent
imperfect payois, payoys payois, payoys payoit, payoyt payions, payyons payiez, payyez payoient, payoyent
past historic paya payas paya payasmes payastes payerent
future payerai, payeray payeras payera payerons payerez payeront
conditional payerois, payeroys payerois, payeroys payeroit, payeroyt payerions, payeryons payeriez, payeryez payeroient, payeroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paye payes paye payons payez payent
imperfect payasse payasses payast payassions payassiez payassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — paye — payons payez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French paiier, from Latin pācō, pācāre (“make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue”), from pāx (“peace”).

Verb

payer

  1. (Guernsey) to pay
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