desplaire

desplaire

Middle French

Etymology

Old French desplaire and its variant spellings.

Verb

desplaire

1. to displease

Descendants

• French: déplaire

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Old French

Alternative forms

• desplere

Etymology

des- +‎ plaire

Verb

desplaire

1. to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, L'Aüstic

     N'unt guaires rien ki lur desplaise

     There was hardly anything to bother them

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 desplaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desplaire			avoir despleü
gerund		en desplaisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		desplaisant
past participle		despleü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	desplaz, desplais	desplais	desplaist	desplaisons	desplaisiez	desplaisent
	imperfect	desplaisoie, desplaiseie	desplaisoies, desplaiseies	desplaisoit, desplaiseit	desplaisiiens, desplaisiens	desplaisiiez, desplaisiez	desplaisoient, desplaiseient
	preterite	desploi	despleüs	desplot	despleümes	despleüstes	desplorent
	future	desplairai	desplairas	desplaira	desplairons	desplairoiz, desplaireiz, desplairez	desplairont
	conditional	desplairoie, desplaireie	desplairoies, desplaireies	desplairoit, desplaireit	desplairiiens, desplairiens	desplairiiez, desplairiez	desplairoient, desplaireient
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	desplace, desplaise	desplaces, desplaises	desplace, desplaise	desplaciens, desplaçons, desplaisiens, desplaisons	desplaciez, desplaisiez	desplacent, desplaisent
	imperfect	despleüsse	despleüsses	despleüst	despleüssons, despleüssiens	despleüssoiz, despleüssez, despleüssiez	despleüssent
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	–
		—	desplais	—	desplaisons	desplaisiez	—

Descendants

• English: displease (borrowed)
• French: déplaire