jouer
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See also iouer
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French, from Old French joer, from Vulgar Latin *iocāre, from Latin iocārī, present active infinitive of iocor.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
jouer
- to play (engage in games or play)
- to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
- to play (a role)
Related terms [edit]
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of jouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | jouer | avoir joué | |||||
| gerund | en jouant | en ayant joué | |||||
| present participle | jouant | ||||||
| past participle | joué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | joue | joues | joue | jouons | jouez | jouent |
| imperfect | jouais | jouais | jouait | jouions | jouiez | jouaient | |
| past historic1 | jouai | jouas | joua | jouâmes | jouâtes | jouèrent | |
| future | jouerai | joueras | jouera | jouerons | jouerez | joueront | |
| conditional | jouerais | jouerais | jouerait | jouerions | joueriez | joueraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | joue | joues | joue | jouions | jouiez | jouent |
| imperfect1 | jouasse | jouasses | jouât | jouassions | jouassiez | jouassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | joue | — | jouons | jouez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French joer, from Vulgar Latin *iocāre, from Latin iocor, iocārī (“joke, jest; play”).
Verb [edit]
jouer (gerund jouéthie or jouêthie or jouôthie)
- to play (engage in games or play)
- (music, transitive, intransitive) to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
- to play (a role)
Synonyms [edit]
- sonner (“to play an instrument”)
Derived terms [edit]
Derived terms
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Picard [edit]
Verb [edit]
jouer m
- to play
Categories:
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French verbs
- French first group verbs
- Jèrriais terms derived from Old French
- Jèrriais terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais verbs
- en:Music
- Picard verbs