complaire

French

Etymology

From Middle French complaire, borrowed from Latin complaceo, complacere; equivalent to com- +‎ plaire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.plɛʁ/

Verb

complaire

  1. (reflexive) to get stuck in, to get caught in
  2. (reflexive) to take pleasure in, to bask in
  3. (reflexive, derogatory) 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)
present participle complaisant
/kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/
past participle complu
/kɔ̃.ply/
infinitive
simple complaire
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple complaisant
/kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 complus
/kɔ̃.ply/		 complus
/kɔ̃.ply/		 complut
/kɔ̃.ply/		 complûmes
/kɔ̃.plym/		 complûtes
/kɔ̃.plyt/		 complurent
/kɔ̃.plyʁ/
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/
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/
(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 complaise
/kɔ̃.plɛz/		 complaises
/kɔ̃.plɛz/		 complaise
/kɔ̃.plɛz/		 complaisions
/kɔ̃.plɛ.zjɔ̃/		 complaisiez
/kɔ̃.plɛ.zje/		 complaisent
/kɔ̃.plɛz/
imperfect2 complusse
/kɔ̃.plys/		 complusses
/kɔ̃.plys/		 complût
/kɔ̃.ply/		 complussions
/kɔ̃.ply.sjɔ̃/		 complussiez
/kɔ̃.ply.sje/		 complussent
/kɔ̃.plys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — complais
/kɔ̃.plɛ/		 — complaisons
/kɔ̃.plɛ.zɔ̃/		 complaisez
/kɔ̃.plɛ.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complaceo, complacere.

Verb

complaire

  1. to please
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      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

Descendants
  • French: compaire
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