courber

French

Etymology

From Latin curvāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʁ.be/
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Verb

courber

  1. (transitive) to bend (cause to become bent)
  2. (transitive) to bend (e.g. a rule)
  3. (intransitive) to bend (become bent)
  4. (reflexive) to bend
  5. (reflexive) to bow, to bow down, to bend down, to bend over
  6. (reflexive) to bend over backwards (be at another's will)

Conjugation
Conjugation of courber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple courber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple courbant
/kuʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle courbé
/kuʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present courbe
/kuʁb/		 courbes
/kuʁb/		 courbe
/kuʁb/		 courbons
/kuʁ.bɔ̃/		 courbez
/kuʁ.be/		 courbent
/kuʁb/
imperfect courbais
/kuʁ.bɛ/		 courbais
/kuʁ.bɛ/		 courbait
/kuʁ.bɛ/		 courbions
/kuʁ.bjɔ̃/		 courbiez
/kuʁ.bje/		 courbaient
/kuʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 courbai
/kuʁ.be/		 courbas
/kuʁ.ba/		 courba
/kuʁ.ba/		 courbâmes
/kuʁ.bam/		 courbâtes
/kuʁ.bat/		 courbèrent
/kuʁ.bɛʁ/
future courberai
/kuʁ.bə.ʁe/		 courberas
/kuʁ.bə.ʁa/		 courbera
/kuʁ.bə.ʁa/		 courberons
/kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/		 courberez
/kuʁ.bə.ʁe/		 courberont
/kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional courberais
/kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 courberais
/kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 courberait
/kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/		 courberions
/kuʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 courberiez
/kuʁ.bə.ʁje/		 courberaient
/kuʁ.bə.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 courbe
/kuʁb/		 courbes
/kuʁb/		 courbe
/kuʁb/		 courbions
/kuʁ.bjɔ̃/		 courbiez
/kuʁ.bje/		 courbent
/kuʁb/
imperfect2 courbasse
/kuʁ.bas/		 courbasses
/kuʁ.bas/		 courbât
/kuʁ.ba/		 courbassions
/kuʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/		 courbassiez
/kuʁ.ba.sje/		 courbassent
/kuʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — courbe
/kuʁb/		 — courbons
/kuʁ.bɔ̃/		 courbez
/kuʁ.be/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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