loisir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French loisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.

The final -ir < Latin -ēre is regular and results from the palatalization of the preceding -c- to *[d͡zʲ], as in gésir, moisir, plaisir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwa.ziʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

loisir m (plural loisirs)

1. leisure, hobby

Derived terms

• à loisir

Related terms

• loisible
• licence

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• leisir

Etymology

From leisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet.

Noun

loisir oblique singular, m (oblique plural loisirs, nominative singular loisirs, nominative plural loisir)

1. free time
2. rest; respite

   Assauz lur fet ytaus aprés liverer K'en trois jurs n'ot nul loisir de reposer

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3. permission

Verb

loisir

1. (impersonal) to be allowed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of loisir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		loisir			avoir leü
gerund		en loisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		loisant
past participle		leü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	—	—	loist	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	loisoit, loiseit	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	lut	—	—	—
	future	—	—	loira	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	loiroit, loireit	—	—	—
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	—	—	loise	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	leüst	—	—	—
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• → English: leisure
• French: loisir
• → Galician: lecer

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French loisir.

Noun

loisir n (uncountable)

1. leisure, hobby

Declension

declension of loisir (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) loisir	loisirul
genitive/dative	(unui) loisir	loisirului
vocative	loisirule