pleurer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pleurer, from Old French plourer, plorer, from Latin plōrāre (“cry out”). Cognate with Catalan plorar, Spanish llorar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plœ.ʁe/
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Verb

pleurer

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep
  2. (transitive) to mourn

Conjugation

Conjugation of pleurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pleurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pleurant
/plœ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pleuré
/plœ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pleure
/plœʁ/ 		pleures
/plœʁ/ 		pleure
/plœʁ/ 		pleurons
/plœ.ʁɔ̃/ 		pleurez
/plœ.ʁe/ 		pleurent
/plœʁ/
imperfect pleurais
/plœ.ʁɛ/ 		pleurais
/plœ.ʁɛ/ 		pleurait
/plœ.ʁɛ/ 		pleurions
/plœ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pleuriez
/plœ.ʁje/ 		pleuraient
/plœ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 pleurai
/plœ.ʁe/ 		pleuras
/plœ.ʁa/ 		pleura
/plœ.ʁa/ 		pleurâmes
/plœ.ʁam/ 		pleurâtes
/plœ.ʁat/ 		pleurèrent
/plœ.ʁɛʁ/
future pleurerai
/plœ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		pleureras
/plœ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		pleurera
/plœ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		pleurerons
/plœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		pleurerez
/plœ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		pleureront
/plœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pleurerais
/plœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		pleurerais
/plœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		pleurerait
/plœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		pleurerions
/plœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pleureriez
/plœ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		pleureraient
/plœ.ʁə.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 pleure
/plœʁ/ 		pleures
/plœʁ/ 		pleure
/plœʁ/ 		pleurions
/plœ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pleuriez
/plœ.ʁje/ 		pleurent
/plœʁ/
imperfect2 pleurasse
/plœ.ʁas/ 		pleurasses
/plœ.ʁas/ 		pleurât
/plœ.ʁa/ 		pleurassions
/plœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		pleurassiez
/plœ.ʁa.sje/ 		pleurassent
/plœ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pleure
/plœʁ/ 		— pleurons
/plœ.ʁɔ̃/ 		pleurez
/plœ.ʁe/ 		—
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

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: pléré
  • Guianese Creole: pléré
  • Mauritian Creole: plore
  • → Esperanto: plori

See also

Further reading

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