plussoyer

French

Etymology

(21st century) From plus and the suffix -oyer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ply.swa.je/

Verb

plussoyer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) agree, consent, approve, like.
    Synonyms: valider, approuver, aimer, 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
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