plaire
French
Etymology
From Middle French plaire, from Old French plaire, either from plaisir, from Latin placēre, present active infinitive of placeō, or alternatively derived from plaît, from plaisir.
Pronunciation
Verb
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)
- Cet homme me plaît ― I fancy that man (literally, “That man pleases me”)
- Cette robe me plaît ― I like this dress
- (reflexive) to enjoy (oneself)
- Je me suis plu à Paris. ― I liked it in Paris.
Conjugation
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'.
infinitive | simple | plaire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | plaisant /plɛ.zɑ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | plu /ply/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | plais /plɛ/ |
plais /plɛ/ |
plaît or plait /plɛ/ |
plaisons /plɛ.zɔ̃/ or /ple.zɔ̃/ |
plaisez /plɛ.ze/ or /ple.ze/ |
plaisent /plɛz/ |
imperfect | plaisais /plɛ.zɛ/ or /ple.zɛ/ |
plaisais /plɛ.zɛ/ or /ple.zɛ/ |
plaisait /plɛ.zɛ/ or /ple.zɛ/ |
plaisions /plɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /ple.zjɔ̃/ |
plaisiez /plɛ.zje/ or /ple.zje/ |
plaisaient /plɛ.zɛ/ or /ple.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | plus /ply/ |
plus /ply/ |
plut /ply/ |
plûmes /plym/ |
plûtes /plyt/ |
plurent /plyʁ/ | |
future | plairai /plɛ.ʁe/ or /ple.ʁe/ |
plairas /plɛ.ʁa/ or /ple.ʁa/ |
plaira /plɛ.ʁa/ or /ple.ʁa/ |
plairons /plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ple.ʁɔ̃/ |
plairez /plɛ.ʁe/ or /ple.ʁe/ |
plairont /plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ple.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | plairais /plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ple.ʁɛ/ |
plairais /plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ple.ʁɛ/ |
plairait /plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ple.ʁɛ/ |
plairions /plɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ple.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plairiez /plɛ.ʁje/ or /ple.ʁje/ |
plairaient /plɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ple.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 | plaise /plɛz/ |
plaises /plɛz/ |
plaise /plɛz/ |
plaisions /plɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /ple.zjɔ̃/ |
plaisiez /plɛ.zje/ or /ple.zje/ |
plaisent /plɛz/ |
imperfect2 | plusse /plys/ |
plusses /plys/ |
plût /ply/ |
plussions /ply.sjɔ̃/ |
plussiez /ply.sje/ |
plussent /plys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | plais /plɛ/ |
— | plaisons /plɛ.zɔ̃/ or /ple.zɔ̃/ |
plaisez /plɛ.ze/ or /ple.ze/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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Related terms
Further reading
- “plaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French plaire.
Verb
plaire
- to please
Descendants
- French: plaire
Old French
Verb
plaire
- alternative infinitive of plaisir.
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | plaire | avoir pleü | |||||
gerund | en plaisant | gerund of avoir + 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 | 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 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | plais | — | plaisons | plaisiez | — |
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