boire
French
Etymology
From Middle French boire, from Old French boivre, beivre, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
More details on conjugation
The stressed past historic stems (1st singular, 3rd singular and 3rd plural) are from Vulgar Latin perfect stem *būb- (historic Old French bui), while the unstressed past historic (remaining past historic tenses), subjunctive imperfect, and past participle endings changed from -i- to -ū- (*bibūstus → Old French beüs, *bibūtum → Old French beü). The paradigms above later merged with each other, but bui is replaced by Middle French bus with an analogous -s.
The imperfect, 1st and 2nd plural present (including subjunctive), plural imperative and present participle stems are from Old French unstressed stem bev- which involves to beuv-, then buv-.Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwaʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
boire
- (transitive, intransitive) to drink
- 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais
- Je rêve de boire à tes mots
- I dream of drinking to your words
- 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais
Conjugation
Conjugation of boire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | boire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | buvant /by.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bu /by/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bois /bwa/ | bois /bwa/ | boit /bwa/ | buvons /by.vɔ̃/ | buvez /by.ve/ | boivent /bwav/ |
| imperfect | buvais /by.vɛ/ | buvais /by.vɛ/ | buvait /by.vɛ/ | buvions /by.vjɔ̃/ | buviez /by.vje/ | buvaient /by.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bus /by/ | bus /by/ | but /by/ | bûmes /bym/ | bûtes /byt/ | burent /byʁ/ | |
| future | boirai /bwa.ʁe/ | boiras /bwa.ʁa/ | boira /bwa.ʁa/ | boirons /bwa.ʁɔ̃/ | boirez /bwa.ʁe/ | boiront /bwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | boirais /bwa.ʁɛ/ | boirais /bwa.ʁɛ/ | boirait /bwa.ʁɛ/ | boirions /bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | boiriez /bwa.ʁje/ | boiraient /bwa.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 | boive /bwav/ | boives /bwav/ | boive /bwav/ | buvions /by.vjɔ̃/ | buviez /by.vje/ | boivent /bwav/ |
| imperfect2 | busse /bys/ | busses /bys/ | bût /by/ | bussions /by.sjɔ̃/ | bussiez /by.sje/ | bussent /bys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bois /bwa/ | — | buvons /by.vɔ̃/ | buvez /by.ve/ | — | |
| 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
- avoir toute honte bue
- boire au goulot
- boire comme un trou
- boire du petit-lait
- boire la tasse
- boire le calice jusqu'à la lie
- boire les paroles
- chanson à boire
- il y a à boire et à manger
- ne pas être la mer à boire
- on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n'a pas soif
- pleuvoir à boire debout
- qui a bu boira
Related terms
- boisson
- buvable
- buvard
- buvette
- buveur
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: boir
- Haitian Creole: bwè
Further reading
- “boire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- broie
- obéir
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French boivre, beivre, from Latin bibō, bibere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbwɛrə/
Verb
boire
- (transitive, intransitive) to drink
Related terms
- boysson
Descendants
- French: boire
Romanian
Etymology
From boi + -re.
Noun
boire f (plural boiri)
- painting, dyeing
- putting on make-up
Declension
Declension of boire
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) boire | boirea | (niște) boiri | boirile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) boiri | boirii | (unor) boiri | boirilor |
| vocative | boire, boireo | boirilor | ||