plaisir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre. Compare Occitan plaser, Catalan plaer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɛ.ziʁ/, /ple.ziʁ/
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Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

  1. 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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French plaisir.

Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

  1. pleasure

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placēre.

Pronunciation

Noun

plaisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)

  1. pleasure

Verb

plaisir

  1. to please

Conjugation

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 gerund of avoir + 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 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 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— plais — plaisons plaisiez —

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