pourvoir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir (whence English purvey), from Latin prōvideō (whence English provide), from prō- +‎ videō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʁ.vwaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

pourvoir

  1. (transitive) to equip, provide, endow (someone de with)
  2. (transitive) to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
  3. (intransitive) to provide (à for)
  4. (pronominal) to provide oneself (de with)
  5. (pronominal, law) to appeal (en to)

Conjugation

Pourvoir and its derived verbs conjugate like voir, except that their past historic indicative and imperfect subjunctive are in -vu- instead of -vi-.

Conjugation of pourvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pourvoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pourvoyant
/puʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pourvu
/puʁ.vy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvoit
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ 		pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.je/ 		pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ 		pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ 		pourvoyait
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ 		pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ 		pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/ 		pourvoyaient
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/
past historic2 pourvus
/puʁ.vy/ 		pourvus
/puʁ.vy/ 		pourvut
/puʁ.vy/ 		pourvûmes
/puʁ.vym/ 		pourvûtes
/puʁ.vyt/ 		pourvurent
/puʁ.vyʁ/
future pourvoirai
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/ 		pourvoiras
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/ 		pourvoira
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/ 		pourvoirons
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ 		pourvoirez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/ 		pourvoiront
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ 		pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ 		pourvoirait
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ 		pourvoirions
/puʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pourvoiriez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁje/ 		pourvoiraient
/puʁ.vwa.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 pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvoies
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/ 		pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ 		pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/ 		pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect2 pourvusse
/puʁ.vys/ 		pourvusses
/puʁ.vys/ 		pourvût
/puʁ.vy/ 		pourvussions
/puʁ.vy.sjɔ̃/ 		pourvussiez
/puʁ.vy.sje/ 		pourvussent
/puʁ.vys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/ 		— pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ 		pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.je/ 		—
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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