plâtrer

French

Etymology

From plâtre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.tʁe/ ~ /plɑ.tʁe/

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Verb

plâtrer

1. (transitive) to plaster
2. (transitive) to render

Conjugation

infinitive	simple	plâtrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	plâtrant /pla.tʁɑ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		plâtré /pla.tʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	plâtre /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtres /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtre /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtrons /pla.tʁɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁɔ̃/	plâtrez /pla.tʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁe/	plâtrent /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/
	imperfect	plâtrais /pla.tʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁɛ/	plâtrais /pla.tʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁɛ/	plâtrait /pla.tʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁɛ/	plâtrions /pla.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	plâtriez /pla.tʁi.je/ or /plɑ.tʁi.je/	plâtraient /pla.tʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	plâtrai /pla.tʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁe/	plâtras /pla.tʁa/ or /plɑ.tʁa/	plâtra /pla.tʁa/ or /plɑ.tʁa/	plâtrâmes /pla.tʁam/ or /plɑ.tʁam/	plâtrâtes /pla.tʁat/ or /plɑ.tʁat/	plâtrèrent /pla.tʁɛʁ/ or /plɑ.tʁɛʁ/
	future	plâtrerai /pla.tʁə.ʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	plâtreras /pla.tʁə.ʁa/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	plâtrera /pla.tʁə.ʁa/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	plâtrerons /pla.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	plâtrerez /pla.tʁə.ʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	plâtreront /pla.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	plâtrerais /pla.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	plâtrerais /pla.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	plâtrerait /pla.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	plâtrerions /pla.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	plâtreriez /pla.tʁə.ʁje/ or /plɑ.tʁə.ʁje/	plâtreraient /pla.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /plɑ.tʁə.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	plâtre /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtres /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtre /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	plâtrions /pla.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	plâtriez /pla.tʁi.je/ or /plɑ.tʁi.je/	plâtrent /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/
	imperfect2	plâtrasse /pla.tʁas/ or /plɑ.tʁas/	plâtrasses /pla.tʁas/ or /plɑ.tʁas/	plâtrât /pla.tʁa/ or /plɑ.tʁa/	plâtrassions /pla.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	plâtrassiez /pla.tʁa.sje/ or /plɑ.tʁa.sje/	plâtrassent /pla.tʁas/ or /plɑ.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	plâtre /platʁ/ or /plɑtʁ/	—	plâtrons /pla.tʁɔ̃/ or /plɑ.tʁɔ̃/	plâtrez /pla.tʁe/ or /plɑ.tʁe/	—
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).

Conjugation of plâtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

Related terms

• plâtrier

Further reading

• “plâtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.