couvrir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French covrir, inherited from Latin cooperīre, from co- + operiō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.vʁiʁ/
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Verb

couvrir

  1. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
  2. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)

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 couvert is irregular.

Conjugation of couvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couvrir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple couvrant
/ku.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couvert
/ku.vɛʁ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present couvre
/kuvʁ/		 couvres
/kuvʁ/		 couvre
/kuvʁ/		 couvrons
/ku.vʁɔ̃/		 couvrez
/ku.vʁe/		 couvrent
/kuvʁ/
imperfect couvrais
/ku.vʁɛ/		 couvrais
/ku.vʁɛ/		 couvrait
/ku.vʁɛ/		 couvrions
/ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 couvriez
/ku.vʁi.je/		 couvraient
/ku.vʁɛ/
past historic2 couvris
/ku.vʁi/		 couvris
/ku.vʁi/		 couvrit
/ku.vʁi/		 couvrîmes
/ku.vʁim/		 couvrîtes
/ku.vʁit/		 couvrirent
/ku.vʁiʁ/
future couvrirai
/ku.vʁi.ʁe/		 couvriras
/ku.vʁi.ʁa/		 couvrira
/ku.vʁi.ʁa/		 couvrirons
/ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 couvrirez
/ku.vʁi.ʁe/		 couvriront
/ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional couvrirais
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/		 couvrirais
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/		 couvrirait
/ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/		 couvririons
/ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 couvririez
/ku.vʁi.ʁje/		 couvriraient
/ku.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 couvre
/kuvʁ/		 couvres
/kuvʁ/		 couvre
/kuvʁ/		 couvrions
/ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 couvriez
/ku.vʁi.je/		 couvrent
/kuvʁ/
imperfect2 couvrisse
/ku.vʁis/		 couvrisses
/ku.vʁis/		 couvrît
/ku.vʁi/		 couvrissions
/ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/		 couvrissiez
/ku.vʁi.sje/		 couvrissent
/ku.vʁis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — couvre
/kuvʁ/		 — couvrons
/ku.vʁɔ̃/		 couvrez
/ku.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Esperanto: kovri

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