payer

See also: Payer and payér

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

pay +‎ -er (“subject of action”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪə(r)

Noun

payer (plural payers)

  1. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

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French

Etymology

From Latin pacāre, present active infinitive of pacō (“pacify”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.je/, /pe.je/
  • audio(file)

Verb

payer

  1. (transitive) to pay (for)
    payer une amende - pay a fine
    payer un service - pay for a service
  2. (transitive) to pay (someone)
    il m'a payé 3 euros - he paid me 3 euros
    payer la caissière - pay the cashier
  3. pay for (suffer the consequences of something)
    Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur.
  4. to pay off (to be fruitful)
    Mes efforts ont payé.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).

  Conjugation of payer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive payer avoir payé
gerund en payant en ayant payé
present participle payant
/pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /pe.jɑ̃/
past participle payé
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 payes or paies
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 payons
/pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pe.jɔ̃/		 payez
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/		 payent or paient
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/
imperfect payais
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/		 payais
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/		 payait
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/		 payions
/pɛj.jɔ̃/ or /pej.jɔ̃/		 payiez
/pɛj.je/ or /pej.je/		 payaient
/pɛ.jɛ/ or /pe.jɛ/
past historic1 payai
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/		 payas
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/		 paya
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/		 payâmes
/pɛ.jam/ or /pe.jam/		 payâtes
/pɛ.jat/ or /pe.jat/		 payèrent
/pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /pe.jɛʁ/
future payerai or paierai
/pɛj.ʁe/ or /pɛ.ʁe/		 payeras or paieras
/pɛj.ʁa/ or /pɛ.ʁa/		 payera or paiera
/pɛj.ʁa/ or /pɛ.ʁa/		 payerons or paierons
/pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/		 payerez or paierez
/pɛj.ʁe/ or /pɛ.ʁe/		 payeront or paieront
/pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional payerais or paierais
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/		 payerais or paierais
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/		 payerait or paierait
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/		 payerions or paierions
/pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/		 payeriez or paieriez
/pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /pɛ.ʁje/		 payeraient or paieraient
/pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pɛ.ʁɛ/
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 paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 payes or paies
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 payions
/pɛj.jɔ̃/ or /pej.jɔ̃/		 payiez
/pɛj.je/ or /pej.je/		 payent or paient
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/
imperfect1 payasse
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/		 payasses
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/		 payât
/pɛ.ja/ or /pe.ja/		 payassions
/pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ja.sjɔ̃/		 payassiez
/pɛ.ja.sje/ or /pe.ja.sje/		 payassent
/pɛ.jas/ or /pe.jas/
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 –
— paye or paie
/pɛj/ or /pɛ/		 — payons
/pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pe.jɔ̃/		 payez
/pɛ.je/ or /pe.je/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Middle French

Verb

payer

  1. to pay

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of payer
simple compound
infinitive payer avoir payé
gerund en payant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle payant
past participle payé
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 paye payes paye payons payez payent
imperfect payois, payoys payois, payoys payoit, payoyt payions, payyons payiez, payyez payoient, payoyent
past historic paya payas paya payasmes payastes payerent
future payerai, payeray payeras payera payerons payerez payeront
conditional payerois, payeroys payerois, payeroys payeroit, payeroyt payerions, payeryons payeriez, payeryez payeroient, payeroyent
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 paye payes paye payons payez payent
imperfect payasse payasses payast payassions payassiez payassent
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 –
— paye — payons payez —

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French paier, from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācō, pācāre (“make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue”), from pāx (“peace”).

Verb

payer

  1. (Guernsey) to pay
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