plussoyer
French
Etymology
(21st century) From plus and the suffix -oyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply.swa.je/
Verb
plussoyer
- (transitive, intransitive) agree, consent, approve, like.
- Synonyms: valider, approuver, aimer, liker
- Antonym: moinsoyer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of plussoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | plussoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | plussoyant /ply.swa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | plussoyé /ply.swa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | plussoie /ply.swa/ | plussoies /ply.swa/ | plussoie /ply.swa/ | plussoyons /ply.swa.jɔ̃/ | plussoyez /ply.swa.je/ | plussoient /ply.swa/ |
| imperfect | plussoyais /ply.swa.jɛ/ | plussoyais /ply.swa.jɛ/ | plussoyait /ply.swa.jɛ/ | plussoyions /ply.swaj.jɔ̃/ | plussoyiez /ply.swaj.je/ | plussoyaient /ply.swa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | plussoyai /ply.swa.je/ | plussoyas /ply.swa.ja/ | plussoya /ply.swa.ja/ | plussoyâmes /ply.swa.jam/ | plussoyâtes /ply.swa.jat/ | plussoyèrent /ply.swa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | plussoierai /ply.swa.ʁe/ | plussoieras /ply.swa.ʁa/ | plussoiera /ply.swa.ʁa/ | plussoierons /ply.swa.ʁɔ̃/ | plussoierez /ply.swa.ʁe/ | plussoieront /ply.swa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | plussoierais /ply.swa.ʁɛ/ | plussoierais /ply.swa.ʁɛ/ | plussoierait /ply.swa.ʁɛ/ | plussoierions /ply.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ | plussoieriez /ply.swa.ʁje/ | plussoieraient /ply.swa.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 | plussoie /ply.swa/ | plussoies /ply.swa/ | plussoie /ply.swa/ | plussoyions /ply.swaj.jɔ̃/ | plussoyiez /ply.swaj.je/ | plussoient /ply.swa/ |
| imperfect2 | plussoyasse /ply.swa.jas/ | plussoyasses /ply.swa.jas/ | plussoyât /ply.swa.ja/ | plussoyassions /ply.swa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | plussoyassiez /ply.swa.ja.sje/ | plussoyassent /ply.swa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | plussoie /ply.swa/ | — | plussoyons /ply.swa.jɔ̃/ | plussoyez /ply.swa.je/ | — | |
| 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
- replussoyer
- plussoiement