marrer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁe/
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Spanish marear (“to get dizzy”), with semantic shift "to get dizzy" > "to be bored" > "to be amused" (via antiphrasis).
Verb
marrer
- (reflexive, slang) to laugh; to be amused
- 2018, Zaz (lyrics and music), “J'aime, j'aime”:
- J’ sais pas pourquoi j’ me parle toute seule, pourquoi j’ me ris à la gueule ; peut-être que j’aime me marrer.
- I don't know why I'm talking to myself all alone, why I'm laughing in my own face; maybe I like to laugh.
- 1996, Noir Désir, Comme elle vient:
- Si les jeux sont faits au son des mascarades, on pourra toujours se marrer.
- If the games are played to the sound of masquerades, we could always have fun.
Conjugation
Conjugation of se marrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se marrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se marrant /sə ma.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marré /ma.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me marre /mə maʁ/ |
te marres /tə maʁ/ |
se marre /sə maʁ/ |
nous marrons /nu ma.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous marrez /vu ma.ʁe/ |
se marrent /sə maʁ/ |
| imperfect | me marrais /mə ma.ʁɛ/ |
te marrais /tə ma.ʁɛ/ |
se marrait /sə ma.ʁɛ/ |
nous marrions /nu ma.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous marriez /vu ma.ʁje/ |
se marraient /sə ma.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me marrai /mə ma.ʁe/ |
te marras /tə ma.ʁa/ |
se marra /sə ma.ʁa/ |
nous marrâmes /nu ma.ʁam/ |
vous marrâtes /vu ma.ʁat/ |
se marrèrent /sə ma.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | me marrerai /mə ma.ʁə.ʁe/ |
te marreras /tə ma.ʁə.ʁa/ |
se marrera /sə ma.ʁə.ʁa/ |
nous marrerons /nu ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous marrerez /vu ma.ʁə.ʁe/ |
se marreront /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me marrerais /mə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
te marrerais /tə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
se marrerait /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
nous marrerions /nu ma.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous marreriez /vu ma.ʁə.ʁje/ |
se marreraient /sə ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me marre /mə maʁ/ |
te marres /tə maʁ/ |
se marre /sə maʁ/ |
nous marrions /nu ma.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous marriez /vu ma.ʁje/ |
se marrent /sə maʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | me marrasse /mə ma.ʁas/ |
te marrasses /tə ma.ʁas/ |
se marrât /sə ma.ʁa/ |
nous marrassions /nu ma.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous marrassiez /vu ma.ʁa.sje/ |
se marrassent /sə ma.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marre-toi /maʁ.twa/ |
— | marrons-nous /ma.ʁɔ̃.nu/ |
marrez-vous /ma.ʁe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2
From the noun marre.
Conjugation
Conjugation of marrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | marrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | marrant /ma.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | marré /ma.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | marre /maʁ/ |
marres /maʁ/ |
marre /maʁ/ |
marrons /ma.ʁɔ̃/ |
marrez /ma.ʁe/ |
marrent /maʁ/ |
| imperfect | marrais /ma.ʁɛ/ |
marrais /ma.ʁɛ/ |
marrait /ma.ʁɛ/ |
marrions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marriez /ma.ʁje/ |
marraient /ma.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | marrai /ma.ʁe/ |
marras /ma.ʁa/ |
marra /ma.ʁa/ |
marrâmes /ma.ʁam/ |
marrâtes /ma.ʁat/ |
marrèrent /ma.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | marrerai /ma.ʁə.ʁe/ |
marreras /ma.ʁə.ʁa/ |
marrera /ma.ʁə.ʁa/ |
marrerons /ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
marrerez /ma.ʁə.ʁe/ |
marreront /ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | marrerais /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
marrerais /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
marrerait /ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
marrerions /ma.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marreriez /ma.ʁə.ʁje/ |
marreraient /ma.ʁə.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 | marre /maʁ/ |
marres /maʁ/ |
marre /maʁ/ |
marrions /ma.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marriez /ma.ʁje/ |
marrent /maʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | marrasse /ma.ʁas/ |
marrasses /ma.ʁas/ |
marrât /ma.ʁa/ |
marrassions /ma.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
marrassiez /ma.ʁa.sje/ |
marrassent /ma.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | marre /maʁ/ |
— | marrons /ma.ʁɔ̃/ |
marrez /ma.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
References
- “marrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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