marrer

English

Etymology

mar +‎ -er

Noun

marrer (plural marrers)

1. (rare) One who mars or injures.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁe/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

marrer

1. (reflexive, slang) to laugh; to be amused
   • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime

     J’ sais pas pourquoi j’ me parle toute seule, pourquoi j’ me ris à la gueule ; peut-être que j’aime me marrer.

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   • 1996, Noir Désir, Comme elle vient

     Si les jeux sont faits au son des mascarades, on pourra toujours se marrer.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of se marrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se marrer
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se marrant /sə ma.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		marré /ma.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me marre /mə maʁ/	te marres /tə maʁ/	se marre /sə maʁ/	nous marrons /nu ma.ʁɔ̃/	vous marrez /vu ma.ʁe/	se marrent /sə maʁ/
	imperfect	me marrais /mə ma.ʁɛ/	te marrais /tə ma.ʁɛ/	se marrait /sə ma.ʁɛ/	nous marrions /nu ma.ʁjɔ̃/	vous marriez /vu ma.ʁje/	se marraient /sə ma.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	me marrai /mə ma.ʁe/	te marras /tə ma.ʁa/	se marra /sə ma.ʁa/	nous marrâmes /nu ma.ʁam/	vous marrâtes /vu ma.ʁat/	se marrèrent /sə ma.ʁɛʁ/
	future	me marrerai /mə ma.ʁə.ʁe/	te marreras /tə ma.ʁə.ʁa/	se marrera /sə ma.ʁə.ʁa/	nous marrerons /nu ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	vous marrerez /vu ma.ʁə.ʁe/	se marreront /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me marrerais /mə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	te marrerais /tə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	se marrerait /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	nous marrerions /nu ma.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous marreriez /vu ma.ʁə.ʁje/	se marreraient /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me marre /mə maʁ/	te marres /tə maʁ/	se marre /sə maʁ/	nous marrions /nu ma.ʁjɔ̃/	vous marriez /vu ma.ʁje/	se marrent /sə maʁ/
	imperfect2	me marrasse /mə ma.ʁas/	te marrasses /tə ma.ʁas/	se marrât /sə ma.ʁa/	nous marrassions /nu ma.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	vous marrassiez /vu ma.ʁa.sje/	se marrassent /sə ma.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marre-toi /maʁ.twa/	—	marrons-nous /ma.ʁɔ̃.nu/	marrez-vous /ma.ʁe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

From the noun marre.

Verb

marrer

1. to hoe (dig using a hoe)

Conjugation

Conjugation of marrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marrant /ma.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marré /ma.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marre /maʁ/	marres /maʁ/	marre /maʁ/	marrons /ma.ʁɔ̃/	marrez /ma.ʁe/	marrent /maʁ/
	imperfect	marrais /ma.ʁɛ/	marrais /ma.ʁɛ/	marrait /ma.ʁɛ/	marrions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/	marriez /ma.ʁje/	marraient /ma.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	marrai /ma.ʁe/	marras /ma.ʁa/	marra /ma.ʁa/	marrâmes /ma.ʁam/	marrâtes /ma.ʁat/	marrèrent /ma.ʁɛʁ/
	future	marrerai /ma.ʁə.ʁe/	marreras /ma.ʁə.ʁa/	marrera /ma.ʁə.ʁa/	marrerons /ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	marrerez /ma.ʁə.ʁe/	marreront /ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marrerais /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	marrerais /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	marrerait /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/	marrerions /ma.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	marreriez /ma.ʁə.ʁje/	marreraient /ma.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	marre /maʁ/	marres /maʁ/	marre /maʁ/	marrions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/	marriez /ma.ʁje/	marrent /maʁ/
	imperfect2	marrasse /ma.ʁas/	marrasses /ma.ʁas/	marrât /ma.ʁa/	marrassions /ma.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	marrassiez /ma.ʁa.sje/	marrassent /ma.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marre /maʁ/	—	marrons /ma.ʁɔ̃/	marrez /ma.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “marrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.