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plier
plier
French
Etymology
From Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō. This produced Old French ploiier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli.je/
Verb
plier
- (transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
- to fold up
- to bend
- to mess up; to do in; to damage
- (figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game)
Conjugation
Conjugation of plier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plier | avoir plié | |||||
| gerund | en pliant | en ayant plié | |||||
| present participle | pliant /pli.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plié /pli.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plie /pli/ |
plies /pli/ |
plie /pli/ |
plions /pli.jɔ̃/ |
pliez /pli.je/ |
plient /pli/ |
| imperfect | pliais /pli.jɛ/ |
pliais /pli.jɛ/ |
pliait /pli.jɛ/ |
pliions /pli.jɔ̃/ |
pliiez /pli.je/ |
pliaient /pli.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pliai /pli.je/ |
plias /pli.ja/ |
plia /pli.ja/ |
pliâmes /pli.jam/ |
pliâtes /pli.jat/ |
plièrent /pli.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | plierai /pli.ʁe/ |
plieras /pli.ʁa/ |
pliera /pli.ʁa/ |
plierons /pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
plierez /pli.ʁe/ |
plieront /pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plierais /pli.ʁɛ/ |
plierais /pli.ʁɛ/ |
plierait /pli.ʁɛ/ |
plierions /pli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plieriez /pli.ʁje/ |
plieraient /pli.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 | plie /pli/ |
plies /pli/ |
plie /pli/ |
pliions /pli.jɔ̃/ |
pliiez /pli.je/ |
plient /pli/ |
| imperfect1 |
pliasse /pli.jas/ |
pliasses /pli.jas/ |
pliât /pli.ja/ |
pliassions /pli.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
pliassiez /pli.ja.sje/ |
pliassent /pli.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | plie /pli/ |
— | plions /pli.jɔ̃/ |
pliez /pli.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
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Middle French
Etymology
Modified from Old French pleier, ploiier under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.
Verb
plier
- to fold
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of plier
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plier | avoir plié | |||||
| gerund | en pliant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pliant | ||||||
| past participle | plié | ||||||
| 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 | plie | plies | plie | plions | pliez | plient |
| imperfect | pliois, plioys | pliois, plioys | plioit, plioyt | pliions, pliyons | pliiez, pliyez | plioient, plioyent | |
| past historic | plia | plias | plia | pliasmes | pliastes | plierent | |
| future | plierai, plieray | plieras | pliera | plierons | plierez | plieront | |
| conditional | plierois, plieroys | plierois, plieroys | plieroit, plieroyt | plierions, plieryons | plieriez, plieryez | plieroient, plieroyent | |
| 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 | plie | plies | plie | plions | pliez | plient |
| imperfect | pliasse | pliasses | pliast | pliassions | pliassiez | pliassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | plie | — | plions | pliez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: plier