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se_complaire
complaire
French
Verb
complaire
- (reflexive) to get stuck in, to get caught in
- (reflexive) to take pleasure in, to bask in
- (reflexive, pejorative) to wallow, to revel in
Conjugation
plaire and its derived verbs conjugate like taire, except that the third person singular of the present indicative may take a circumflex on the ‘i’.
Conjugation of complaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | complaire | avoir complu | |||||
| gerund | en complaisant | en ayant complu | |||||
| present participle | complaisant /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | complu /kɔ̃.ply/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complaît or complait /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
complaisons /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɔ̃/ |
complaisez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ze/ |
complaisent /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
| imperfect | complaisais /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ |
complaisais /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ |
complaisait /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ |
complaisions /kɔ̃.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
complaisiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.zje/ |
complaisaient /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | complus /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complus /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complut /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complûmes /kɔ̃.plym/ |
complûtes /kɔ̃.plyt/ |
complurent /kɔ̃.plyʁ/ |
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| future | complairai /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁe/ |
complairas /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁa/ |
complaira /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁa/ |
complairons /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
complairez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁe/ |
complairont /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | complairais /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
complairais /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
complairait /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
complairions /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
complairiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁje/ |
complairaient /kɔ̃.plɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | complaise /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaises /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaise /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
complaisions /kɔ̃.plɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
complaisiez /kɔ̃.plɛ.zje/ |
complaisent /kɔ̃.plɛz/ |
| imperfect1 |
complusse /kɔ̃.plys/ |
complusses /kɔ̃.plys/ |
complût /kɔ̃.ply/ |
complussions /kɔ̃.ply.sjɔ̃/ |
complussiez /kɔ̃.ply.sje/ |
complussent /kɔ̃.plys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | complais /kɔ̃.plɛ/ |
— | complaisons /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɔ̃/ |
complaisez /kɔ̃.plɛ.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
complaire
- to please
- circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
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Le roy de France, pour luy complaire, par le moien du duc d'Angou, le luy donna
- The King of France, to please him, by the intermediary of the Duke of Anjou, gave it to him
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Le roy de France, pour luy complaire, par le moien du duc d'Angou, le luy donna
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