égayer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɡɛ.je/, /e.ɡe.je/
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Verb
égayer
- (transitive) to entertain
- (transitive) to brighten up (make appear more jolly)
- (reflexive) to have fun, to enjoy oneself
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of égayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | égayant /e.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | égayé /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | égayer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | égayant /e.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect | égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayait /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡej.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ or /e.ɡej.je/ |
égayaient /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égayai /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
égayas /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égaya /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égayâmes /e.ɡɛ.jam/ or /e.ɡe.jam/ |
égayâtes /e.ɡɛ.jat/ or /e.ɡe.jat/ |
égayèrent /e.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | égayerai or égaierai /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
égayeras or égaieras /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
égayera or égaiera /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
égayerons or égaierons /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
égayerez or égaierez /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
égayeront or égaieront /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerait or égaierait /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerions or égaierions /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égayeriez or égaieriez /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁje/ |
égayeraient or égaieraient /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.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 | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡej.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ or /e.ɡej.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | égayasse /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ |
égayasses /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ |
égayât /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égayassions /e.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
égayassiez /e.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.ɡe.ja.sje/ |
égayassent /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
— | égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- égaiement
- égayement
Further reading
- “égayer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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