satisfaire
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French satisfaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.tis.fɛʁ/
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Verb
satisfaire
Conjugation
Conjugation of satisfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | satisfaire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | satisfaisant /sa.tis.fə.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | satisfait /sa.tis.fɛ/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/ |
satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/ |
satisfait /sa.tis.fɛ/ |
satisfaisons /sa.tis.fə.zɔ̃/ |
satisfaites /sa.tis.fɛt/ |
satisfont /sa.tis.fɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | satisfaisais /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/ |
satisfaisais /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/ |
satisfaisait /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/ |
satisfaisions /sa.tis.fə.zjɔ̃/ |
satisfaisiez /sa.tis.fə.zje/ |
satisfaisaient /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | satisfis /sa.tis.fi/ |
satisfis /sa.tis.fi/ |
satisfit /sa.tis.fi/ |
satisfîmes /sa.tis.fim/ |
satisfîtes /sa.tis.fit/ |
satisfirent /sa.tis.fiʁ/ | |
| future | satisferai /sa.tis.fə.ʁe/ |
satisferas /sa.tis.fə.ʁa/ |
satisfera /sa.tis.fə.ʁa/ |
satisferons /sa.tis.fə.ʁɔ̃/ |
satisferez /sa.tis.fə.ʁe/ |
satisferont /sa.tis.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | satisferais /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/ |
satisferais /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/ |
satisferait /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/ |
satisferions /sa.tis.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
satisferiez /sa.tis.fə.ʁje/ |
satisferaient /sa.tis.fə.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 | satisfasse /sa.tis.fas/ |
satisfasses /sa.tis.fas/ |
satisfasse /sa.tis.fas/ |
satisfassions /sa.tis.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
satisfassiez /sa.tis.fa.sje/ |
satisfassent /sa.tis.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | satisfisse /sa.tis.fis/ |
satisfisses /sa.tis.fis/ |
satisfît /sa.tis.fi/ |
satisfissions /sa.tis.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
satisfissiez /sa.tis.fi.sje/ |
satisfissent /sa.tis.fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/ |
— | satisfaisons /sa.tis.fə.zɔ̃/ |
satisfaites /sa.tis.fɛt/ |
— | |
| 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
See also
Further reading
- “satisfaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Partial calque of Latin satisfacere, applying the conjugation of faire.
Verb
satisfaire
- to satisfy (in various contexts)
See also
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “satisfacere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 245