vibrer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vibrāre, present active infinitive of vibrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.bʁe/
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Verb
vibrer
- (intransitive) to vibrate
- (transitive) to vibrate
- Synonym: faire vibrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of vibrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | vibrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | vibrant /vi.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | vibré /vi.bʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | vibre /vibʁ/ | vibres /vibʁ/ | vibre /vibʁ/ | vibrons /vi.bʁɔ̃/ | vibrez /vi.bʁe/ | vibrent /vibʁ/ |
imperfect | vibrais /vi.bʁɛ/ | vibrais /vi.bʁɛ/ | vibrait /vi.bʁɛ/ | vibrions /vi.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | vibriez /vi.bʁi.je/ | vibraient /vi.bʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | vibrai /vi.bʁe/ | vibras /vi.bʁa/ | vibra /vi.bʁa/ | vibrâmes /vi.bʁam/ | vibrâtes /vi.bʁat/ | vibrèrent /vi.bʁɛʁ/ | |
future | vibrerai /vi.bʁə.ʁe/ | vibreras /vi.bʁə.ʁa/ | vibrera /vi.bʁə.ʁa/ | vibrerons /vi.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | vibrerez /vi.bʁə.ʁe/ | vibreront /vi.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | vibrerais /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | vibrerais /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | vibrerait /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | vibrerions /vi.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vibreriez /vi.bʁə.ʁje/ | vibreraient /vi.bʁə.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 | vibre /vibʁ/ | vibres /vibʁ/ | vibre /vibʁ/ | vibrions /vi.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | vibriez /vi.bʁi.je/ | vibrent /vibʁ/ |
imperfect2 | vibrasse /vi.bʁas/ | vibrasses /vi.bʁas/ | vibrât /vi.bʁa/ | vibrassions /vi.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | vibrassiez /vi.bʁa.sje/ | vibrassent /vi.bʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | vibre /vibʁ/ | — | vibrons /vi.bʁɔ̃/ | vibrez /vi.bʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- vibreur
Related terms
- vibration
Further reading
- “vibrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
vibrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vibrō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vibrer
- imperative of vibrere