cuivrer
French
Etymology
From cuivre + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɥi.vʁe/
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Verb
cuivrer
- (transitive) to coat with copper
Conjugation
Conjugation of cuivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cuivrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cuivrant /kɥi.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cuivré /kɥi.vʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cuivre /kɥivʁ/ | cuivres /kɥivʁ/ | cuivre /kɥivʁ/ | cuivrons /kɥi.vʁɔ̃/ | cuivrez /kɥi.vʁe/ | cuivrent /kɥivʁ/ |
imperfect | cuivrais /kɥi.vʁɛ/ | cuivrais /kɥi.vʁɛ/ | cuivrait /kɥi.vʁɛ/ | cuivrions /kɥi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | cuivriez /kɥi.vʁi.je/ | cuivraient /kɥi.vʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cuivrai /kɥi.vʁe/ | cuivras /kɥi.vʁa/ | cuivra /kɥi.vʁa/ | cuivrâmes /kɥi.vʁam/ | cuivrâtes /kɥi.vʁat/ | cuivrèrent /kɥi.vʁɛʁ/ | |
future | cuivrerai /kɥi.vʁə.ʁe/ | cuivreras /kɥi.vʁə.ʁa/ | cuivrera /kɥi.vʁə.ʁa/ | cuivrerons /kɥi.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | cuivrerez /kɥi.vʁə.ʁe/ | cuivreront /kɥi.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cuivrerais /kɥi.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | cuivrerais /kɥi.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | cuivrerait /kɥi.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | cuivrerions /kɥi.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cuivreriez /kɥi.vʁə.ʁje/ | cuivreraient /kɥi.vʁə.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 | cuivre /kɥivʁ/ | cuivres /kɥivʁ/ | cuivre /kɥivʁ/ | cuivrions /kɥi.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | cuivriez /kɥi.vʁi.je/ | cuivrent /kɥivʁ/ |
imperfect2 | cuivrasse /kɥi.vʁas/ | cuivrasses /kɥi.vʁas/ | cuivrât /kɥi.vʁa/ | cuivrassions /kɥi.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ | cuivrassiez /kɥi.vʁa.sje/ | cuivrassent /kɥi.vʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cuivre /kɥivʁ/ | — | cuivrons /kɥi.vʁɔ̃/ | cuivrez /kɥi.vʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “cuivrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.