pleurer

to cry, to weep; to shed tears; to mourn, to cry for

“Elle pleurait simplement, sans aucun sanglot, mais n’en paraissait que plus pitoyable.” — She wept simply, without sobs, but only seemed the more pitiable for it.

Inherited from Middle French pleurer, from Old French plourer, plorer, from Latin plōrāre (“cry out”). Cognate with Catalan plorar, Spanish llorar.