couvrir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French covrir, inherited from Latin cooperīre, from co- + operiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.vʁiʁ/
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Verb

couvrir

  1. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
  2. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)

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 couvert is irregular.

Conjugation of couvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couvrir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple couvrant
/ku.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couvert
/ku.vɛʁ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present couvre
/kuvʁ/ 		couvres
/kuvʁ/ 		couvre
/kuvʁ/ 		couvrons
/ku.vʁɔ̃/ 		couvrez
/ku.vʁe/ 		couvrent
/kuvʁ/
imperfect couvrais
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couvrais
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couvrait
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couvrions
/ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		couvriez
/ku.vʁi.je/ 		couvraient
/ku.vʁɛ/
past historic2 couvris
/ku.vʁi/ 		couvris
/ku.vʁi/ 		couvrit
/ku.vʁi/ 		couvrîmes
/ku.vʁim/ 		couvrîtes
/ku.vʁit/ 		couvrirent
/ku.vʁiʁ/
future couvrirai
/ku.vʁi.ʁe/ 		couvriras
/ku.vʁi.ʁa/ 		couvrira
/ku.vʁi.ʁa/ 		couvrirons
/ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		couvrirez
/ku.vʁi.ʁe/ 		couvriront
/ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional couvrirais
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		couvrirais
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		couvrirait
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		couvririons
/ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		couvririez
/ku.vʁi.ʁje/ 		couvriraient
/ku.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 couvre
/kuvʁ/ 		couvres
/kuvʁ/ 		couvre
/kuvʁ/ 		couvrions
/ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		couvriez
/ku.vʁi.je/ 		couvrent
/kuvʁ/
imperfect2 couvrisse
/ku.vʁis/ 		couvrisses
/ku.vʁis/ 		couvrît
/ku.vʁi/ 		couvrissions
/ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		couvrissiez
/ku.vʁi.sje/ 		couvrissent
/ku.vʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — couvre
/kuvʁ/ 		— couvrons
/ku.vʁɔ̃/ 		couvrez
/ku.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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Esperanto: kovri

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