satisfaire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French satisfaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tis.fɛʁ/

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Verb

satisfaire

1. to satisfy
2. to fulfil (to do what was expected)
3. to meet (expectations)

Conjugation

Conjugation of satisfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	satisfaire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	satisfaisant /sa.tis.fə.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		satisfait /sa.tis.fɛ/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/	satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/	satisfait /sa.tis.fɛ/	satisfaisons /sa.tis.fə.zɔ̃/	satisfaites /sa.tis.fɛt/	satisfont /sa.tis.fɔ̃/
	imperfect	satisfaisais /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/	satisfaisais /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/	satisfaisait /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/	satisfaisions /sa.tis.fə.zjɔ̃/	satisfaisiez /sa.tis.fə.zje/	satisfaisaient /sa.tis.fə.zɛ/
	past historic2	satisfis /sa.tis.fi/	satisfis /sa.tis.fi/	satisfit /sa.tis.fi/	satisfîmes /sa.tis.fim/	satisfîtes /sa.tis.fit/	satisfirent /sa.tis.fiʁ/
	future	satisferai /sa.tis.fə.ʁe/	satisferas /sa.tis.fə.ʁa/	satisfera /sa.tis.fə.ʁa/	satisferons /sa.tis.fə.ʁɔ̃/	satisferez /sa.tis.fə.ʁe/	satisferont /sa.tis.fə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	satisferais /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/	satisferais /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/	satisferait /sa.tis.fə.ʁɛ/	satisferions /sa.tis.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	satisferiez /sa.tis.fə.ʁje/	satisferaient /sa.tis.fə.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	satisfasse /sa.tis.fas/	satisfasses /sa.tis.fas/	satisfasse /sa.tis.fas/	satisfassions /sa.tis.fa.sjɔ̃/	satisfassiez /sa.tis.fa.sje/	satisfassent /sa.tis.fas/
	imperfect2	satisfisse /sa.tis.fis/	satisfisses /sa.tis.fis/	satisfît /sa.tis.fi/	satisfissions /sa.tis.fi.sjɔ̃/	satisfissiez /sa.tis.fi.sje/	satisfissent /sa.tis.fis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	satisfais /sa.tis.fɛ/	—	satisfaisons /sa.tis.fə.zɔ̃/	satisfaites /sa.tis.fɛt/	—
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).

Derived terms

• satisfaction
• satisfaisable

See also

• rassasier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ratifiasse, satisferai, tarifiasse

Middle French

Etymology

Partial calque of Latin satisfacere, applying the conjugation of faire.

Verb

satisfaire

1. to satisfy (in various contexts)

See also

• satisfaict

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “satisfacere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 245