trouver

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus; compare English trope.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁu.ve/
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  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

trouver

  1. (transitive) to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
    Quand est-ce qu’elle a trouvé les clés ?
    When did she find the keys?
  2. (transitive) to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
    Je vous trouve si jolie. ― I find you so pretty.
  3. (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
  4. (reflexive, se trouver) to be found, to be situated, to be
    La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. ― The bakery is opposite the cinema.
  5. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
    Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous.
    I happen to be heading past your place.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trouver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trouver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trouvant
/tʁu.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trouvé
/tʁu.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trouve
/tʁuv/2 		trouves
/tʁuv/ 		trouve
/tʁuv/ 		trouvons
/tʁu.vɔ̃/ 		trouvez
/tʁu.ve/ 		trouvent
/tʁuv/
imperfect trouvais
/tʁu.vɛ/ 		trouvais
/tʁu.vɛ/ 		trouvait
/tʁu.vɛ/ 		trouvions
/tʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		trouviez
/tʁu.vje/ 		trouvaient
/tʁu.vɛ/
past historic3 trouvai
/tʁu.ve/ 		trouvas
/tʁu.va/ 		trouva
/tʁu.va/ 		trouvâmes
/tʁu.vam/ 		trouvâtes
/tʁu.vat/ 		trouvèrent
/tʁu.vɛʁ/
future trouverai
/tʁu.vʁe/ 		trouveras
/tʁu.vʁa/ 		trouvera
/tʁu.vʁa/ 		trouverons
/tʁu.vʁɔ̃/ 		trouverez
/tʁu.vʁe/ 		trouveront
/tʁu.vʁɔ̃/
conditional trouverais
/tʁu.vʁɛ/ 		trouverais
/tʁu.vʁɛ/ 		trouverait
/tʁu.vʁɛ/ 		trouverions
/tʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trouveriez
/tʁu.və.ʁje/ 		trouveraient
/tʁu.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior3 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 trouve
/tʁuv/2 		trouves
/tʁuv/ 		trouve
/tʁuv/ 		trouvions
/tʁu.vjɔ̃/ 		trouviez
/tʁu.vje/ 		trouvent
/tʁuv/
imperfect3 trouvasse
/tʁu.vas/ 		trouvasses
/tʁu.vas/ 		trouvât
/tʁu.va/ 		trouvassions
/tʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ 		trouvassiez
/tʁu.va.sje/ 		trouvassent
/tʁu.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect3 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trouve
/tʁuv/ 		— trouvons
/tʁu.vɔ̃/ 		trouvez
/tʁu.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 trouvé when inverted.
3 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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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus.

Verb

trouver

  1. to find

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of trouver
infinitive simple trouver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple trouvant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle trouvé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trouve trouves trouve trouvons trouvez trouvent
imperfect trouvois, trouvoys trouvois, trouvoys trouvoit, trouvoyt trouvions, trouvyons trouviez, trouvyez trouvoient, trouvoyent
past historic trouva trouvas trouva trouvasmes trouvastes trouverent
future trouverai, trouveray trouveras trouvera trouverons trouverez trouveront
conditional trouverois, trouveroys trouverois, trouveroys trouveroit, trouveroyt trouverions, trouveryons trouveriez, trouveryez trouveroient, trouveroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trouve trouves trouve trouvons trouvez trouvent
imperfect trouvasse trouvasses trouvast trouvassions trouvassiez trouvassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trouve — trouvons trouvez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

  • French: trouver

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus.

Pronunciation

Verb

trouver (gerund trouv'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to find

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb « trouver » in Norman
infinitive trouver
gerund trouvant
auxiliary aveir1
past participle masculine feminine
singular trouvé trouvée
plural trouvés trouvées
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative je (j') tu (t') il, alle,
nos 		je
(nos) 		vos il, alles
present troue troues troue trouvoms trouvez trouent
imperfect trouveis trouveis trouveit trouvioms trouviez trouveient
preterite trouvis trouvis trouvit trouvîmes trouvîtes trouvîtrent
future trouverai trouveras trouvera trouveroms trouverez trouveront
conditional trouvereis trouvereis trouvereit trouverioms trouveriez trouvereient
subjunctive que je (j') que te (t') qu'il, qu'alle,
que nos 		que je
(que nos) 		que vos qu'il, qu'alles
present troue troues troue trouvioms trouviez trouent
imperfect trouvisse trouvisse trouvît
trouvisse 		trouvissioms trouvissiez trouvissent
imperative — tu — je
(nos) 		vos —
troue trouvoms trouvez
1Used with past participles.

Antonyms

Picard

Etymology

From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus.

Verb

trouver

  1. to find
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