rouvrir

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French

Etymology

From r- +‎ ouvrir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁu.vʁiʁ/
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Verb

rouvrir

  1. to reopen, to open again

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle rouvert is irregular.

Conjugation of rouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rouvrir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rouvrant
/ʁu.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rouvert
/ʁu.vɛʁ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rouvre
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvres
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvre
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvrons
/ʁu.vʁɔ̃/ 		rouvrez
/ʁu.vʁe/ 		rouvrent
/ʁuvʁ/
imperfect rouvrais
/ʁu.vʁɛ/ 		rouvrais
/ʁu.vʁɛ/ 		rouvrait
/ʁu.vʁɛ/ 		rouvrions
/ʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		rouvriez
/ʁu.vʁi.je/ 		rouvraient
/ʁu.vʁɛ/
past historic2 rouvris
/ʁu.vʁi/ 		rouvris
/ʁu.vʁi/ 		rouvrit
/ʁu.vʁi/ 		rouvrîmes
/ʁu.vʁim/ 		rouvrîtes
/ʁu.vʁit/ 		rouvrirent
/ʁu.vʁiʁ/
future rouvrirai
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁe/ 		rouvriras
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁa/ 		rouvrira
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁa/ 		rouvrirons
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		rouvrirez
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁe/ 		rouvriront
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rouvrirais
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		rouvrirais
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		rouvrirait
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁɛ/ 		rouvririons
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rouvririez
/ʁu.vʁi.ʁje/ 		rouvriraient
/ʁu.vʁi.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 rouvre
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvres
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvre
/ʁuvʁ/ 		rouvrions
/ʁu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		rouvriez
/ʁu.vʁi.je/ 		rouvrent
/ʁuvʁ/
imperfect2 rouvrisse
/ʁu.vʁis/ 		rouvrisses
/ʁu.vʁis/ 		rouvrît
/ʁu.vʁi/ 		rouvrissions
/ʁu.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		rouvrissiez
/ʁu.vʁi.sje/ 		rouvrissent
/ʁu.vʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rouvre
/ʁuvʁ/ 		— rouvrons
/ʁu.vʁɔ̃/ 		rouvrez
/ʁu.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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