éprouver

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See also: êprouver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esprouver, Old French esprover, from prover < Latin probāre. Equivalent to é- +‎ prouver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pʁu.ve/
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Verb

éprouver

  1. (transitive) to put to the test, test, try
    Synonym: mettre à l’épreuve
    On éprouvera la valeur de sa théorie.
    We'll put his theory to the test.
  2. (transitive) to feel, experience
    éprouver un sentiment d’intense satisfaction ― to feel immensely satisfied
  3. (transitive) to experience, go through

Conjugation

Conjugation of éprouver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éprouver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éprouvant
/e.pʁu.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éprouvé
/e.pʁu.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present éprouve
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouves
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouve
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouvons
/e.pʁu.vɔ̃/ 		éprouvez
/e.pʁu.ve/ 		éprouvent
/e.pʁuv/
imperfect éprouvais
/e.pʁu.vɛ/ 		éprouvais
/e.pʁu.vɛ/ 		éprouvait
/e.pʁu.vɛ/ 		éprouvions
/e.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		éprouviez
/e.pʁu.vje/ 		éprouvaient
/e.pʁu.vɛ/
past historic2 éprouvai
/e.pʁu.ve/ 		éprouvas
/e.pʁu.va/ 		éprouva
/e.pʁu.va/ 		éprouvâmes
/e.pʁu.vam/ 		éprouvâtes
/e.pʁu.vat/ 		éprouvèrent
/e.pʁu.vɛʁ/
future éprouverai
/e.pʁu.vʁe/ 		éprouveras
/e.pʁu.vʁa/ 		éprouvera
/e.pʁu.vʁa/ 		éprouverons
/e.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ 		éprouverez
/e.pʁu.vʁe/ 		éprouveront
/e.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/
conditional éprouverais
/e.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		éprouverais
/e.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		éprouverait
/e.pʁu.vʁɛ/ 		éprouverions
/e.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		éprouveriez
/e.pʁu.və.ʁje/ 		éprouveraient
/e.pʁu.vʁɛ/
(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 éprouve
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouves
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouve
/e.pʁuv/ 		éprouvions
/e.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		éprouviez
/e.pʁu.vje/ 		éprouvent
/e.pʁuv/
imperfect2 éprouvasse
/e.pʁu.vas/ 		éprouvasses
/e.pʁu.vas/ 		éprouvât
/e.pʁu.va/ 		éprouvassions
/e.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ 		éprouvassiez
/e.pʁu.va.sje/ 		éprouvassent
/e.pʁu.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éprouve
/e.pʁuv/ 		— éprouvons
/e.pʁu.vɔ̃/ 		éprouvez
/e.pʁu.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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