plorer

Latin

Verb

plōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plōrō

Old French

Alternative forms

• plourer, plurer

Etymology

From Latin plōrāre. Compare Spanish llorar and Catalan plorar.

Verb

plorer

1. to cry (shed tears)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem pleur distinct from the unstressed stem plor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of plorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		plorer			avoir ploré
gerund		en plorant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		plorant
past participle		ploré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pleur	pleures	pleure	plorons	plorez	pleurent
	imperfect	ploroie, ploreie, ploroe, ploreve	ploroies, ploreies, ploroes, ploreves	ploroit, ploreit, plorot, ploreve	ploriiens, ploriens	ploriiez, ploriez	ploroient, ploreient, ploroent, plorevent
	preterite	plorai	ploras	plora	plorames	plorastes	plorerent
	future	plorerai	ploreras	plorera	plorerons	ploreroiz, plorereiz, plorerez	ploreront
	conditional	ploreroie, plorereie	ploreroies, plorereies	ploreroit, plorereit	ploreriiens, ploreriens	ploreriiez, ploreriez	ploreroient, plorereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pleur	pleurs	pleurt	plorons	plorez	pleurent
	imperfect	plorasse	plorasses	plorast	plorissons, plorissiens	plorissoiz, plorissez, plorissiez	plorassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pleure	—	plorons	plorez	—

Descendants

Terms

• Middle French: plourer, pleurer
  • French: pleurer (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: pleurer

See also

• crier
• larmoiier