plussoyer

French

Etymology

From plus +‎ -oyer, 21st century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.swa.je/

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Verb

plussoyer

1. (transitive, intransitive) agree, consent, approve, like

   Synonyms: valider, approuver, aimer, (social media) 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Derived terms

• replussoyer
• plussoiement