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/
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Verb

plaisanter

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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