œuvrer
See also: oeuvrer
French
Etymology
Alteration, by analogy with œuvre, of ouvrer. Created to avoid the confusion with ouvrir. Doublet of opérer and ouvrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œ.vʁe/
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Verb
œuvrer
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Conjugation
Conjugation of œuvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | œuvrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | œuvrant /œ.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | œuvré /œ.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | œuvre /œvʁ/ |
œuvres /œvʁ/ |
œuvre /œvʁ/ |
œuvrons /œ.vʁɔ̃/ |
œuvrez /œ.vʁe/ |
œuvrent /œvʁ/ |
| imperfect | œuvrais /œ.vʁɛ/ |
œuvrais /œ.vʁɛ/ |
œuvrait /œ.vʁɛ/ |
œuvrions /œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
œuvriez /œ.vʁi.je/ |
œuvraient /œ.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | œuvrai /œ.vʁe/ |
œuvras /œ.vʁa/ |
œuvra /œ.vʁa/ |
œuvrâmes /œ.vʁam/ |
œuvrâtes /œ.vʁat/ |
œuvrèrent /œ.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | œuvrerai /œ.vʁə.ʁe/ |
œuvreras /œ.vʁə.ʁa/ |
œuvrera /œ.vʁə.ʁa/ |
œuvrerons /œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
œuvrerez /œ.vʁə.ʁe/ |
œuvreront /œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | œuvrerais /œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
œuvrerais /œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
œuvrerait /œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
œuvrerions /œ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
œuvreriez /œ.vʁə.ʁje/ |
œuvreraient /œ.vʁə.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 | œuvre /œvʁ/ |
œuvres /œvʁ/ |
œuvre /œvʁ/ |
œuvrions /œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
œuvriez /œ.vʁi.je/ |
œuvrent /œvʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | œuvrasse /œ.vʁas/ |
œuvrasses /œ.vʁas/ |
œuvrât /œ.vʁa/ |
œuvrassions /œ.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
œuvrassiez /œ.vʁa.sje/ |
œuvrassent /œ.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | œuvre /œvʁ/ |
— | œuvrons /œ.vʁɔ̃/ |
œuvrez /œ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “œuvrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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