apaiser
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French apaisier, from paiz, pais (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɛ.ze/, /a.pe.ze/
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Verb
apaiser
- (transitive) to mollify; to appease, pacify, calm
Conjugation
Conjugation of apaiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | apaiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | apaisant /a.pɛ.zɑ̃/ or /a.pe.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | apaisé /a.pɛ.ze/ or /a.pe.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | apaise /a.pɛz/ | apaises /a.pɛz/ | apaise /a.pɛz/ | apaisons /a.pɛ.zɔ̃/ or /a.pe.zɔ̃/ | apaisez /a.pɛ.ze/ or /a.pe.ze/ | apaisent /a.pɛz/ |
imperfect | apaisais /a.pɛ.zɛ/ or /a.pe.zɛ/ | apaisais /a.pɛ.zɛ/ or /a.pe.zɛ/ | apaisait /a.pɛ.zɛ/ or /a.pe.zɛ/ | apaisions /a.pɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.zjɔ̃/ | apaisiez /a.pɛ.zje/ or /a.pe.zje/ | apaisaient /a.pɛ.zɛ/ or /a.pe.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | apaisai /a.pɛ.ze/ or /a.pe.ze/ | apaisas /a.pɛ.za/ or /a.pe.za/ | apaisa /a.pɛ.za/ or /a.pe.za/ | apaisâmes /a.pɛ.zam/ or /a.pe.zam/ | apaisâtes /a.pɛ.zat/ or /a.pe.zat/ | apaisèrent /a.pɛ.zɛʁ/ or /a.pe.zɛʁ/ | |
future | apaiserai /a.pɛz.ʁe/ | apaiseras /a.pɛz.ʁa/ | apaisera /a.pɛz.ʁa/ | apaiserons /a.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/ | apaiserez /a.pɛz.ʁe/ | apaiseront /a.pɛz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | apaiserais /a.pɛz.ʁɛ/ | apaiserais /a.pɛz.ʁɛ/ | apaiserait /a.pɛz.ʁɛ/ | apaiserions /a.pɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | apaiseriez /a.pɛ.zə.ʁje/ or /a.pe.zə.ʁje/ | apaiseraient /a.pɛz.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 | apaise /a.pɛz/ | apaises /a.pɛz/ | apaise /a.pɛz/ | apaisions /a.pɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.zjɔ̃/ | apaisiez /a.pɛ.zje/ or /a.pe.zje/ | apaisent /a.pɛz/ |
imperfect2 | apaisasse /a.pɛ.zas/ or /a.pe.zas/ | apaisasses /a.pɛ.zas/ or /a.pe.zas/ | apaisât /a.pɛ.za/ or /a.pe.za/ | apaisassions /a.pɛ.za.sjɔ̃/ or /a.pe.za.sjɔ̃/ | apaisassiez /a.pɛ.za.sje/ or /a.pe.za.sje/ | apaisassent /a.pɛ.zas/ or /a.pe.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | apaise /a.pɛz/ | — | apaisons /a.pɛ.zɔ̃/ or /a.pe.zɔ̃/ | apaisez /a.pɛ.ze/ or /a.pe.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). |
Derived terms
- apaisable
- apaisant
- apaisement
Further reading
- “apaiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- paieras, séparai