plaisanter
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in Middle French, from plaisant + -er. Gradually replaced Old French gaber.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]plaisanter
- to joke (make a joke)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of plaisanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | plaisanter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | plaisantant /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | plaisanté /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/ or /ple.zɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | plaisante /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisantes /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisante /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisantons /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
plaisantez /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/ or /ple.zɑ̃.te/ |
plaisantent /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | plaisantais /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɛ/ |
plaisantais /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɛ/ |
plaisantait /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɛ/ |
plaisantions /plɛ.zɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
plaisantiez /plɛ.zɑ̃.tje/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tje/ |
plaisantaient /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | plaisantai /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/ or /ple.zɑ̃.te/ |
plaisantas /plɛ.zɑ̃.ta/ or /ple.zɑ̃.ta/ |
plaisanta /plɛ.zɑ̃.ta/ or /ple.zɑ̃.ta/ |
plaisantâmes /plɛ.zɑ̃.tam/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tam/ |
plaisantâtes /plɛ.zɑ̃.tat/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tat/ |
plaisantèrent /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɛʁ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | plaisanterai /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁe/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁe/ |
plaisanteras /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁa/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁa/ |
plaisantera /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁa/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁa/ |
plaisanterons /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
plaisanterez /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁe/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁe/ |
plaisanteront /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | plaisanterais /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
plaisanterais /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
plaisanterait /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
plaisanterions /plɛ.zɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plaisanteriez /plɛ.zɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
plaisanteraient /plɛ.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | plaisante /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisantes /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisante /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
plaisantions /plɛ.zɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
plaisantiez /plɛ.zɑ̃.tje/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tje/ |
plaisantent /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | plaisantasse /plɛ.zɑ̃.tas/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tas/ |
plaisantasses /plɛ.zɑ̃.tas/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tas/ |
plaisantât /plɛ.zɑ̃.ta/ or /ple.zɑ̃.ta/ |
plaisantassions /plɛ.zɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
plaisantassiez /plɛ.zɑ̃.ta.sje/ or /ple.zɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
plaisantassent /plɛ.zɑ̃.tas/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | plaisante /plɛ.zɑ̃t/ or /ple.zɑ̃t/ |
— | plaisantons /plɛ.zɑ̃.tɔ̃/ or /ple.zɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
plaisantez /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/ or /ple.zɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “plaisanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.