plaisanter
French
Etymology
First attested in Middle French, from plaisant + -er. Gradually replaced Old French gaber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/, /ple.zɑ̃.te/
plaisanter (file)
Verb
plaisanter
- to joke (make a joke)
Conjugation
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
- “plaisanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- planterais, pralinâtes