plaire
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either a doublet of plaisir, from Old French, from Latin placēre or derived from plaît, from plaisir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
plaire
- (intransitive) (followed by à or preceded by an indirect object) to please (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object)
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Cet homme me plaît ― I fancy that man(lit., “That man pleases me”)
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Cette robe me plaît ― I like this dress
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- (reflexive) to enjoy (oneself)
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Je me suis plu à Paris. ― I liked it in Paris.
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Conjugation[edit]
plaire and its derived verbs conjugate like taire, except that the third person singular of the present indicative may take a circumflex on the ‘i’.
Conjugation of plaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plaire | avoir plu | |||||
| gerund | en plaisant | en ayant plu | |||||
| present participle | plaisant /plɛ.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plu /ply/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plais /plɛ/ |
plais /plɛ/ |
plaît or plait /plɛ/ |
plaisons /plɛ.zɔ̃/ |
plaisez /plɛ.ze/ |
plaisent /plɛz/ |
| imperfect | plaisais /plɛ.zɛ/ |
plaisais /plɛ.zɛ/ |
plaisait /plɛ.zɛ/ |
plaisions /plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
plaisiez /plɛ.zje/ |
plaisaient /plɛ.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | plus /ply/ |
plus /ply/ |
plut /ply/ |
plûmes /plym/ |
plûtes /plyt/ |
plurent /plyʁ/ |
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| future | plairai /plɛ.ʁe/ |
plairas /plɛ.ʁa/ |
plaira /plɛ.ʁa/ |
plairons /plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
plairez /plɛ.ʁe/ |
plairont /plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plairais /plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
plairais /plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
plairait /plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
plairions /plɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plairiez /plɛ.ʁje/ |
plairaient /plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | plaise /plɛz/ |
plaises /plɛz/ |
plaise /plɛz/ |
plaisions /plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
plaisiez /plɛ.zje/ |
plaisent /plɛz/ |
| imperfect1 | plusse /plys/ |
plusses /plys/ |
plût /ply/ |
plussions /ply.sjɔ̃/ |
plussiez /ply.sje/ |
plussent /plys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | plais /plɛ/ |
— | plaisons /plɛ.zɔ̃/ |
plaisez /plɛ.ze/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
plaire and its derived verbs conjugate like taire, except that the third person singular of the present indicative may take a circumflex on the ‘i’.
Conjugation of se plaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | se plaire | s'être plu | |||||
| gerund | en se plaisant | en s'étant plu | |||||
| present participle | se plaisant /sə‿.plɛ.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plu /ply/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me plais /mə‿.plɛ/ |
te plais /tə‿.plɛ/ |
se plaît or se plait /sə‿.plɛ/ |
nous plaisons /nu‿.plɛ.zɔ̃/ |
vous plaisez /vu‿.plɛ.ze/ |
se plaisent /sə‿.plɛz/ |
| imperfect | me plaisais /mə‿.plɛ.zɛ/ |
te plaisais /tə‿.plɛ.zɛ/ |
se plaisait /sə‿.plɛ.zɛ/ |
nous plaisions /nu‿.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
vous plaisiez /vu‿.plɛ.zje/ |
se plaisaient /sə‿.plɛ.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | me plus /mə‿.ply/ |
te plus /tə‿.ply/ |
se plut /sə‿.ply/ |
nous plûmes /nu‿.plym/ |
vous plûtes /vu‿.plyt/ |
se plurent /sə‿.plyʁ/ |
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| future | me plairai /mə‿.plɛ.ʁe/ |
te plairas /tə‿.plɛ.ʁa/ |
se plaira /sə‿.plɛ.ʁa/ |
nous plairons /nu‿.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous plairez /vu‿.plɛ.ʁe/ |
se plairont /sə‿.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | me plairais /mə‿.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
te plairais /tə‿.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
se plairait /sə‿.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
nous plairions /nu‿.plɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous plairiez /vu‿.plɛ.ʁje/ |
se plairaient /sə‿.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me plaise /mə‿.plɛz/ |
te plaises /tə‿.plɛz/ |
se plaise /sə‿.plɛz/ |
nous plaisions /nu‿.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
vous plaisiez /vu‿.plɛ.zje/ |
se plaisent /sə‿.plɛz/ |
| imperfect1 | me plusse /mə‿.plys/ |
te plusses /tə‿.plys/ |
se plût /sə‿.ply/ |
nous plussions /nu‿.ply.sjɔ̃/ |
vous plussiez /vu‿.ply.sje/ |
se plussent /sə‿.plys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | plais-toi /plɛ.‿twa/ |
— | plaisons-nous /plɛ.zɔ̃.‿nu/ |
plaisez-vous /plɛ.ze.‿vu/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “plaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Verb[edit]
plaire
- to please
Old French[edit]
Verb[edit]
plaire
Conjugation[edit]
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 plaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plaire | avoir pleü | |||||
| gerund | en plaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite 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 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | plais | — | plaisons | plaisiez | — | ||
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