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).

Further reading

• “plaisanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• planterais, pralinâtes