Etymology 2
Inherited from Late Latin pretiāre, pretiō (“to appraise”), from Latin pretium (“price”). Unrelated to pris, the past participle of prendre, although it might be remotivated in that way by contemporary French speakers.
Verb
priser
- (transitive) to price (fix a price according to market forces)
- (transitive) to prize (consider something valuable)
Conjugation
More information infinitive, simple ...
| infinitive |
simple |
priser |
| compound |
avoir + past participle |
| present participle or gerund1 |
simple |
prisant
/pʁi.zɑ̃/ |
| compound |
ayant + past participle |
| past participle |
prisé
/pʁi.ze/ |
|
singular |
plural |
| first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
| indicative |
je (j’) |
tu |
il, elle, on |
nous |
vous |
ils, elles |
(simple
tenses) |
present |
prise
/pʁiz/ |
prises
/pʁiz/ |
prise
/pʁiz/ |
prisons
/pʁi.zɔ̃/ |
prisez
/pʁi.ze/ |
prisent
/pʁiz/ |
| imperfect |
prisais
/pʁi.zɛ/ |
prisais
/pʁi.zɛ/ |
prisait
/pʁi.zɛ/ |
prisions
/pʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
prisiez
/pʁi.zje/ |
prisaient
/pʁi.zɛ/ |
| past historic2 |
prisai
/pʁi.ze/ |
prisas
/pʁi.za/ |
prisa
/pʁi.za/ |
prisâmes
/pʁi.zam/ |
prisâtes
/pʁi.zat/ |
prisèrent
/pʁi.zɛʁ/ |
| future |
priserai
/pʁiz.ʁe/ |
priseras
/pʁiz.ʁa/ |
prisera
/pʁiz.ʁa/ |
priserons
/pʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
priserez
/pʁiz.ʁe/ |
priseront
/pʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
| conditional |
priserais
/pʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
priserais
/pʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
priserait
/pʁiz.ʁɛ/ |
priserions
/pʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
priseriez
/pʁi.zə.ʁje/ |
priseraient
/pʁiz.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 |
prise
/pʁiz/ |
prises
/pʁiz/ |
prise
/pʁiz/ |
prisions
/pʁi.zjɔ̃/ |
prisiez
/pʁi.zje/ |
prisent
/pʁiz/ |
| imperfect2 |
prisasse
/pʁi.zas/ |
prisasses
/pʁi.zas/ |
prisât
/pʁi.za/ |
prisassions
/pʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
prisassiez
/pʁi.za.sje/ |
prisassent
/pʁi.zas/ |
(compound
tenses) |
past |
present subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| pluperfect2 |
imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| imperative |
– |
tu |
– |
nous |
vous |
– |
| simple |
— |
prise
/pʁiz/ |
— |
prisons
/pʁi.zɔ̃/ |
prisez
/pʁi.ze/ |
— |
| 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). |
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