sourire

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soubrire (silent b), from Old French sorrirre, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre.

Pronunciation

Noun

sourire m (plural sourires)

  1. smile

Verb

sourire

  1. to smile

Conjugation

Conjugation of sourire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sourire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple souriant
/su.ʁjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle souri
/su.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present souris
/su.ʁi/ 		souris
/su.ʁi/ 		sourit
/su.ʁi/ 		sourions
/su.ʁjɔ̃/ 		souriez
/su.ʁje/ 		sourient
/su.ʁi/
imperfect souriais
/su.ʁjɛ/ 		souriais
/su.ʁjɛ/ 		souriait
/su.ʁjɛ/ 		souriions
/su.ʁi.jɔ̃/ 		souriiez
/su.ʁi.je/ 		souriaient
/su.ʁjɛ/
past historic2 souris
/su.ʁi/ 		souris
/su.ʁi/ 		sourit
/su.ʁi/ 		sourîmes
/su.ʁim/ 		sourîtes
/su.ʁit/ 		sourirent
/su.ʁiʁ/
future sourirai
/su.ʁi.ʁe/ 		souriras
/su.ʁi.ʁa/ 		sourira
/su.ʁi.ʁa/ 		sourirons
/su.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		sourirez
/su.ʁi.ʁe/ 		souriront
/su.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sourirais
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		sourirais
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		sourirait
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		souririons
/su.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		souririez
/su.ʁi.ʁje/ 		souriraient
/su.ʁi.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 sourie
/su.ʁi/ 		souries
/su.ʁi/ 		sourie
/su.ʁi/ 		souriions
/su.ʁi.jɔ̃/ 		souriiez
/su.ʁi.je/ 		sourient
/su.ʁi/
imperfect2 sourisse
/su.ʁis/ 		sourisses
/su.ʁis/ 		sourît
/su.ʁi/ 		sourissions
/su.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		sourissiez
/su.ʁi.sje/ 		sourissent
/su.ʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — souris
/su.ʁi/ 		— sourions
/su.ʁjɔ̃/ 		souriez
/su.ʁje/ 		—
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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