rouvrir
French
Etymology
r- + ouvrir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁu.vʁiʁ/
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Verb
rouvrir
- to reopen, to open again
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle rouvert is irregular.
Conjugation of rouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rouvrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rouvrant /ʁu.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rouvert /ʁu.vɛʁ/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rouvre /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvres /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvre /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvrons /ʁu.vʁɔ̃/ | rouvrez /ʁu.vʁe/ | rouvrent /ʁuvʁ/ |
| imperfect | rouvrais /ʁu.vʁɛ/ | rouvrais /ʁu.vʁɛ/ | rouvrait /ʁu.vʁɛ/ | rouvrions /ʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | rouvriez /ʁu.vʁi.je/ | rouvraient /ʁu.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rouvris /ʁu.vʁi/ | rouvris /ʁu.vʁi/ | rouvrit /ʁu.vʁi/ | rouvrîmes /ʁu.vʁim/ | rouvrîtes /ʁu.vʁit/ | rouvrirent /ʁu.vʁiʁ/ | |
| future | rouvrirai /ʁu.vʁi.ʁe/ | rouvriras /ʁu.vʁi.ʁa/ | rouvrira /ʁu.vʁi.ʁa/ | rouvrirons /ʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | rouvrirez /ʁu.vʁi.ʁe/ | rouvriront /ʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rouvrirais /ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | rouvrirais /ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | rouvrirait /ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ | rouvririons /ʁu.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | rouvririez /ʁu.vʁi.ʁje/ | rouvriraient /ʁu.vʁi.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 | rouvre /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvres /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvre /ʁuvʁ/ | rouvrions /ʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | rouvriez /ʁu.vʁi.je/ | rouvrent /ʁuvʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | rouvrisse /ʁu.vʁis/ | rouvrisses /ʁu.vʁis/ | rouvrît /ʁu.vʁi/ | rouvrissions /ʁu.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ | rouvrissiez /ʁu.vʁi.sje/ | rouvrissent /ʁu.vʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rouvre /ʁuvʁ/ | — | rouvrons /ʁu.vʁɔ̃/ | rouvrez /ʁu.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- ouvrir
- réouverture
Further reading
- “rouvrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.