plaisanter French · revision 16786

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1531, Le Doyen, Annales de Laval|origins=la placeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /plɛ.zɑ̃.te/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ple.zɑ̃.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plaisanter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|plaisant|-er]] (1531),^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873) on the adjective [[plaisant]];^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Bloch and Wartburg list it in the family of [[plaire]], whose old infinitive [[m|fro|plaisir]] continues [[la|placeō|t=to please]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary notes that it gradually replaced Old French [[m|fro|gaber|t=to joke, mock]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Le Doyen's ''Annales de Laval'' (1531) use it for “to jest, do something to amuse”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Furetière (1690) records the sense “not to speak seriously”, and the Académie (1718) the transitive ''plaisanter quelqu'un'' “to tease without malice”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) ''En voilà un qui ne plaisante pas'' is in Reybaud (1842), and Littré records ''vous plaisantez !'' and ''une personne avec qui on ne plaisante pas'' (1869).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The 16th century also had a reflexive ''se plaisanter de'' “to make fun of”, and the noun ''plaisanteur'' was much used then.^(Littré 1873) [[plaisanterie]] dates from 1538 and [[plaisantin]] from 1530.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1530 – [[plaisantin]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1531 – First record, ''Annales de Laval''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – [[plaisanterie]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1690 – “Not to be serious”, Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1718 – ''Plaisanter quelqu'un'', Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1869 – ''Vous plaisantez !'', Littré.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|joke]], jest, say amusing things: ''aimer à plaisanter'', ''plaisanter sur quelque chose''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Not to be serious: ''vous plaisantez !'', you're joking!, ''une personne avec qui on ne plaisante pas'', a strict, unbending person.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|tease]], make fun of gently.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[plaisanterie]]

+ * [[plaisantin]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plaisant]]

+ * [[plaire]]

+ * [[plaisir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}