oeuvrer

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See also: œuvrer

French

Verb

oeuvrer

  1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvrer.

Usage notes

  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Conjugation

Conjugation of oeuvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple oeuvrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple oeuvrant
/œ.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle oeuvré
/œ.vʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present oeuvre
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvres
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvre
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvrons
/œ.vʁɔ̃/ 		oeuvrez
/œ.vʁe/ 		oeuvrent
/œvʁ/
imperfect oeuvrais
/œ.vʁɛ/ 		oeuvrais
/œ.vʁɛ/ 		oeuvrait
/œ.vʁɛ/ 		oeuvrions
/œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		oeuvriez
/œ.vʁi.je/ 		oeuvraient
/œ.vʁɛ/
past historic2 oeuvrai
/œ.vʁe/ 		oeuvras
/œ.vʁa/ 		oeuvra
/œ.vʁa/ 		oeuvrâmes
/œ.vʁam/ 		oeuvrâtes
/œ.vʁat/ 		oeuvrèrent
/œ.vʁɛʁ/
future oeuvrerai
/œ.vʁə.ʁe/ 		oeuvreras
/œ.vʁə.ʁa/ 		oeuvrera
/œ.vʁə.ʁa/ 		oeuvrerons
/œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		oeuvrerez
/œ.vʁə.ʁe/ 		oeuvreront
/œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional oeuvrerais
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		oeuvrerais
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		oeuvrerait
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		oeuvrerions
/œ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		oeuvreriez
/œ.vʁə.ʁje/ 		oeuvreraient
/œ.vʁə.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 oeuvre
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvres
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvre
/œvʁ/ 		oeuvrions
/œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		oeuvriez
/œ.vʁi.je/ 		oeuvrent
/œvʁ/
imperfect2 oeuvrasse
/œ.vʁas/ 		oeuvrasses
/œ.vʁas/ 		oeuvrât
/œ.vʁa/ 		oeuvrassions
/œ.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		oeuvrassiez
/œ.vʁa.sje/ 		oeuvrassent
/œ.vʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — oeuvre
/œvʁ/ 		— oeuvrons
/œ.vʁɔ̃/ 		oeuvrez
/œ.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).

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