luire

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French luire, variant of luisir, from Latin lūcēre.

For the Old French change in verb class, cf. plaire, taire < plaisir, taisir. For the change of stressed -ē- after palatals, see placere > plaisir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɥiʁ/
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Verb

luire

  1. (intransitive) to shine; to glimmer
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 1, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Arshavin regarde sa bague, qui vient de luire.
      Arshavin looks at his ring, which has just lit up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple luire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple luisant
/lɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lui
/lɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present luis
/lɥi/ 		luis
/lɥi/ 		luit
/lɥi/ 		luisons
/lɥi.zɔ̃/ 		luisez
/lɥi.ze/ 		luisent
/lɥiz/
imperfect luisais
/lɥi.zɛ/ 		luisais
/lɥi.zɛ/ 		luisait
/lɥi.zɛ/ 		luisions
/lɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		luisiez
/lɥi.zje/ 		luisaient
/lɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 luis or luisis
/lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/ 		luis or luisis
/lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/ 		luit
/lɥi/ 		luîmes or luisîmes
/lɥim/ or /lɥi.zim/ 		luîtes or luisîtes
/lɥit/ or /lɥi.zit/ 		luirent or luisirent
/lɥiʁ/ or /lɥi.ziʁ/
future luirai
/lɥi.ʁe/ 		luiras
/lɥi.ʁa/ 		luira
/lɥi.ʁa/ 		luirons
/lɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		luirez
/lɥi.ʁe/ 		luiront
/lɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional luirais
/lɥi.ʁɛ/ 		luirais
/lɥi.ʁɛ/ 		luirait
/lɥi.ʁɛ/ 		luirions
/lɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		luiriez
/lɥi.ʁje/ 		luiraient
/lɥi.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 luise
/lɥiz/ 		luises
/lɥiz/ 		luise
/lɥiz/ 		luisions
/lɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		luisiez
/lɥi.zje/ 		luisent
/lɥiz/
imperfect2 luisisse
/lɥi.zis/ 		luisisses
/lɥi.zis/ 		luisît
/lɥi.zi/ 		luisissions
/lɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ 		luisissiez
/lɥi.zi.sje/ 		luisissent
/lɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — luis
/lɥi/ 		— luisons
/lɥi.zɔ̃/ 		luisez
/lɥi.ze/ 		—
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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Further reading

Old French

Verb

luire

  1. alternative infinitive of luisir.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive luire avoir luit
gerund en luisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle luisant
past participle luit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present luis luis luist, luit luisons luisiez luisent
imperfect luisoie, luiseie luisoies, luiseies luisoit, luiseit luisiiens, luisiens luisiiez, luisiez luisoient, luiseient
preterite luisi, luis luisis luisi, luist luisimes luisistes luisirent, luistrent
future luirai luiras luira luirons luiroiz, luireiz, luirez luiront
conditional luiroie, luireie luiroies, luireies luiroit, luireit luiriiens, luiriens luiriiez, luiriez luiroient, luireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present luise luises luise luisiens, luisons luisiez luisent
imperfect luisisse luisisses luisist luisissons, luisissiens luisissoiz, luisissez, luisissiez luisissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— luis — luisons luisiez —

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