loisir
French
Etymology
From Old French loisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.
Pronunciation
Noun
loisir m (plural loisirs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “loisir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From leisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet
Noun
loisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural loisirs, nominative singular loisirs, nominative plural loisir)
- free time
- rest; respite
- Assauz lur fet ytaus aprés liverer K'en trois jurs n'ot nul loisir de reposer
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- permission
Verb
loisir
- (impersonal) to be allowed
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 loisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | loisir | avoir leü | |||||
gerund | en loisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | loisant | ||||||
past participle | leü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | — | — | loist | — | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | loisoit, loiseit | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | lut | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | loira | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | loiroit, loireit | — | — | — | |
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 | — | — | loise | — | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | leüst | — | — | — | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
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