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plaider
plaider
French
Verb
plaider
- to plead
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of plaider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plaider | avoir plaidé | |||||
| gerund | en plaidant | en ayant plaidé | |||||
| present participle | plaidant /plɛ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plaidé /plɛ.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaide /plɛd/ |
plaides /plɛd/ |
plaide /plɛd/ |
plaidons /plɛ.dɔ̃/ |
plaidez /plɛ.de/ |
plaident /plɛd/ |
| imperfect | plaidais /plɛ.dɛ/ |
plaidais /plɛ.dɛ/ |
plaidait /plɛ.dɛ/ |
plaidions /plɛ.djɔ̃/ |
plaidiez /plɛ.dje/ |
plaidaient /plɛ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | plaidai /plɛ.de/ |
plaidas /plɛ.da/ |
plaida /plɛ.da/ |
plaidâmes /plɛ.dam/ |
plaidâtes /plɛ.dat/ |
plaidèrent /plɛ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | plaiderai /plɛ.dʁe/ |
plaideras /plɛ.dʁa/ |
plaidera /plɛ.dʁa/ |
plaiderons /plɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
plaiderez /plɛ.dʁe/ |
plaideront /plɛ.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plaiderais /plɛ.dʁɛ/ |
plaiderais /plɛ.dʁɛ/ |
plaiderait /plɛ.dʁɛ/ |
plaiderions /plɛ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plaideriez /plɛ.də.ʁje/ |
plaideraient /plɛ.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | plaide /plɛd/ |
plaides /plɛd/ |
plaide /plɛd/ |
plaidions /plɛ.djɔ̃/ |
plaidiez /plɛ.dje/ |
plaident /plɛd/ |
| imperfect1 |
plaidasse /plɛ.das/ |
plaidasses /plɛ.das/ |
plaidât /plɛ.da/ |
plaidassions /plɛ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
plaidassiez /plɛ.da.sje/ |
plaidassent /plɛ.das/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | plaide /plɛd/ |
— | plaidons /plɛ.dɔ̃/ |
plaidez /plɛ.de/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
plaider
- to plead
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of plaider
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plaider | avoir plaidé | |||||
| gerund | en plaidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plaidant | ||||||
| past participle | plaidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaide | plaides | plaide | plaidons | plaidez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidois, plaidoys | plaidois, plaidoys | plaidoit, plaidoyt | plaidions, plaidyons | plaidiez, plaidyez | plaidoient, plaidoyent | |
| past historic | plaida | plaidas | plaida | plaidasmes | plaidastes | plaiderent | |
| future | plaiderai, plaideray | plaideras | plaidera | plaiderons | plaiderez | plaideront | |
| conditional | plaiderois, plaideroys | plaiderois, plaideroys | plaideroit, plaideroyt | plaiderions, plaideryons | plaideriez, plaideryez | plaideroient, plaideroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaide | plaides | plaide | plaidons | plaidez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidasse | plaidasses | plaidast | plaidassions | plaidassiez | plaidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | plaide | — | plaidons | plaidez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
plaider
- Alternative form of plaidier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plaider (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plaider | avoir plaidé | |||||
| gerund | en plaidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plaidant | ||||||
| past participle | plaidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | plait | plaides | plaide | plaidons | plaidez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidoie, plaideie, plaidoe, plaideve | plaidoies, plaideies, plaidoes, plaideves | plaidoit, plaideit, plaidot, plaideve | plaidiiens, plaidiens | plaidiiez, plaidiez | plaidoient, plaideient, plaidoent, plaidevent | |
| preterite | plaidai | plaidas | plaida | plaidames | plaidastes | plaiderent | |
| future | plaiderai | plaideras | plaidera | plaiderons | plaideroiz, plaidereiz, plaiderez | plaideront | |
| conditional | plaideroie, plaidereie | plaideroies, plaidereies | plaideroit, plaidereit | plaideriiens, plaideriens | plaideriiez, plaideriez | plaideroient, plaidereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | plait | plaiz | plait | plaidons | plaidez | plaident |
| imperfect | plaidasse | plaidasses | plaidast | plaidissons, plaidissiens | plaidissoiz, plaidissez, plaidissiez | plaidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | plaide | — | plaidons | plaidez | — | ||