recevoir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French recevoir, from Old French recevoir, from Vulgar Latin *recipēre, from Latin recipiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

recevoir

  1. to receive
  2. to entertain (to welcome guests)

Conjugation

Conjugation of recevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recevoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recevant
/ʁə.s(ə).vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle reçu
/ʁə.sy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present reçois
/ʁə.swa/ 		reçois
/ʁə.swa/ 		reçoit
/ʁə.swa/ 		recevons
/ʁə.s(ə).vɔ̃/ 		recevez
/ʁə.s(ə).ve/ 		reçoivent
/ʁə.swav/
imperfect recevais
/ʁə.s(ə).vɛ/ 		recevais
/ʁə.s(ə).vɛ/ 		recevait
/ʁə.s(ə).vɛ/ 		recevions
/ʁə.sə.vjɔ̃/ 		receviez
/ʁə.sə.vje/ 		recevaient
/ʁə.s(ə).vɛ/
past historic2 reçus
/ʁə.sy/ 		reçus
/ʁə.sy/ 		reçut
/ʁə.sy/ 		reçûmes
/ʁə.sym/ 		reçûtes
/ʁə.syt/ 		reçurent
/ʁə.syʁ/
future recevrai
/ʁə.sə.vʁe/ 		recevras
/ʁə.sə.vʁa/ 		recevra
/ʁə.sə.vʁa/ 		recevrons
/ʁə.sə.vʁɔ̃/ 		recevrez
/ʁə.sə.vʁe/ 		recevront
/ʁə.sə.vʁɔ̃/
conditional recevrais
/ʁə.sə.vʁɛ/ 		recevrais
/ʁə.sə.vʁɛ/ 		recevrait
/ʁə.sə.vʁɛ/ 		recevrions
/ʁə.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		recevriez
/ʁə.sə.vʁi.je/ 		recevraient
/ʁə.sə.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 reçoive
/ʁə.swav/ 		reçoives
/ʁə.swav/ 		reçoive
/ʁə.swav/ 		recevions
/ʁə.sə.vjɔ̃/ 		receviez
/ʁə.sə.vje/ 		reçoivent
/ʁə.swav/
imperfect2 reçusse
/ʁə.sys/ 		reçusses
/ʁə.sys/ 		reçût
/ʁə.sy/ 		reçussions
/ʁə.sy.sjɔ̃/ 		reçussiez
/ʁə.sy.sje/ 		reçussent
/ʁə.sys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — reçois
/ʁə.swa/ 		— recevons
/ʁə.s(ə).vɔ̃/ 		recevez
/ʁə.s(ə).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).

Derived terms

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Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin recipere, with a change in verb class to *-ēre, but cf. the alternative forms above.

Verb

recevoir

  1. receive

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem reçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem recev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of recevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive recevoir avoir receü
gerund en recevant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle recevant
past participle receü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present reçoif, reçoi reçois reçoit recevons recevez reçoivent
imperfect recevoie, receveie recevoies, receveies recevoit, receveit receviiens, receviens receviiez, receviez recevoient, receveient
preterite reçui receüs reçut receümes receüstes reçurent
future recevrai recevras recevra recevrons recevroiz, recevreiz, recevrez recevront
conditional recevroie, recevreie recevroies, recevreies recevroit, recevreit recevriiens, recevriens recevriiez, recevriez recevroient, recevreient
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 reçoive reçoives reçoive recevons recevez reçoivent
imperfect receüsse receüsses receüst receüssons, receüssiens receüssoiz, receüssez, receüssiez receüssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— reçoif — recevons recevez —

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