cuver

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French

Etymology

In the sense “to ferment”, from cuve; first attested in 1433. The other senses either have the same origin or come from Latin cubare (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ky.ve/
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Verb

cuver

  1. (intransitive) to ferment
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to sleep off (especially of alcohol)
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to sleep or rest after drinking
  4. (transitive) to calm
    cuver sa colère ― simmer down
  5. (intransitive, Argad'z) to lie around, laze about

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cuver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cuvant
/ky.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cuvé
/ky.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cuve
/kyv/ 		cuves
/kyv/ 		cuve
/kyv/ 		cuvons
/ky.vɔ̃/ 		cuvez
/ky.ve/ 		cuvent
/kyv/
imperfect cuvais
/ky.vɛ/ 		cuvais
/ky.vɛ/ 		cuvait
/ky.vɛ/ 		cuvions
/ky.vjɔ̃/ 		cuviez
/ky.vje/ 		cuvaient
/ky.vɛ/
past historic2 cuvai
/ky.ve/ 		cuvas
/ky.va/ 		cuva
/ky.va/ 		cuvâmes
/ky.vam/ 		cuvâtes
/ky.vat/ 		cuvèrent
/ky.vɛʁ/
future cuverai
/ky.vʁe/ 		cuveras
/ky.vʁa/ 		cuvera
/ky.vʁa/ 		cuverons
/ky.vʁɔ̃/ 		cuverez
/ky.vʁe/ 		cuveront
/ky.vʁɔ̃/
conditional cuverais
/ky.vʁɛ/ 		cuverais
/ky.vʁɛ/ 		cuverait
/ky.vʁɛ/ 		cuverions
/ky.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cuveriez
/ky.və.ʁje/ 		cuveraient
/ky.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 cuve
/kyv/ 		cuves
/kyv/ 		cuve
/kyv/ 		cuvions
/ky.vjɔ̃/ 		cuviez
/ky.vje/ 		cuvent
/kyv/
imperfect2 cuvasse
/ky.vas/ 		cuvasses
/ky.vas/ 		cuvât
/ky.va/ 		cuvassions
/ky.va.sjɔ̃/ 		cuvassiez
/ky.va.sje/ 		cuvassent
/ky.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cuve
/kyv/ 		— cuvons
/ky.vɔ̃/ 		cuvez
/ky.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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