plaisir

See also: Plaisir

French

Etymology

From Middle French plaisir, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre, present active infinitive of placeō. Compare Occitan plaser (“pleasure”), Catalan plaer (“pleasure”), Italian piacere (“pleasure”), Spanish placer (“pleasure”), Portuguese prazer (“pleasure”), Romanian plăcere (“pleasure”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plɛ.ziʁ/, /ple.ziʁ/
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Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

  1. pleasure

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French plaisir.

Noun

plaisir m (plural plaisirs)

  1. pleasure

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placēre, infinitive of placeō.

Noun

plaisir m (oblique plural plaisirs, nominative singular plaisirs, nominative plural plaisir)

  1. pleasure

Verb

plaisir

  1. to please

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 plaisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive plaisir 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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Descendants
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