offrir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ofrir, from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.fʁiʁ/
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Verb

offrir

  1. to offer; to provide
    La tente n’offre donc que très peu d’abri aux membres d’équipage qui assurent la veille en surface.
    The tent doesn't offer, therefore, very much shelter to the members of the team who keep watch on the surface.
  2. to give as a gift
  3. (reflexive) to buy for oneself
  4. (reflexive) to treat oneself
  5. (reflexive) to open oneself up to (someone)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and souffrir. 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 offert is irregular.

Conjugation of offrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple offrir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple offrant
/ɔ.fʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle offert
/ɔ.fɛʁ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present offre
/ɔfʁ/		 offres
/ɔfʁ/		 offre
/ɔfʁ/		 offrons
/ɔ.fʁɔ̃/		 offrez
/ɔ.fʁe/		 offrent
/ɔfʁ/
imperfect offrais
/ɔ.fʁɛ/		 offrais
/ɔ.fʁɛ/		 offrait
/ɔ.fʁɛ/		 offrions
/ɔ.fʁi.jɔ̃/		 offriez
/ɔ.fʁi.je/		 offraient
/ɔ.fʁɛ/
past historic2 offris
/ɔ.fʁi/		 offris
/ɔ.fʁi/		 offrit
/ɔ.fʁi/		 offrîmes
/ɔ.fʁim/		 offrîtes
/ɔ.fʁit/		 offrirent
/ɔ.fʁiʁ/
future offrirai
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁe/		 offriras
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁa/		 offrira
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁa/		 offrirons
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 offrirez
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁe/		 offriront
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional offrirais
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁɛ/		 offrirais
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁɛ/		 offrirait
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁɛ/		 offririons
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 offririez
/ɔ.fʁi.ʁje/		 offriraient
/ɔ.fʁi.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 offre
/ɔfʁ/		 offres
/ɔfʁ/		 offre
/ɔfʁ/		 offrions
/ɔ.fʁi.jɔ̃/		 offriez
/ɔ.fʁi.je/		 offrent
/ɔfʁ/
imperfect2 offrisse
/ɔ.fʁis/		 offrisses
/ɔ.fʁis/		 offrît
/ɔ.fʁi/		 offrissions
/ɔ.fʁi.sjɔ̃/		 offrissiez
/ɔ.fʁi.sje/		 offrissent
/ɔ.fʁis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — offre
/ɔfʁ/		 — offrons
/ɔ.fʁɔ̃/		 offrez
/ɔ.fʁe/		 —
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

Further reading

Italian

Verb

offrir (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of offrire

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre.

Verb

offrir

  1. (Sursilvan, Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) to offer

Conjugation
    Conjugation of offrir (Sursilvan)
infinitive offrir
gerund offrend
past participle offriu
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present offreschel offreschas offrescha offrin offris offreschan
imperfect offrevel offrevas offreva offrevan offrevas offrevan
future vegnel a offrir vegns a offrir vegn a offrir vegnin a offrir vegnis a offrir vegnan a offrir
conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
direct present offress offresses offress offressen offresses offressen
indirect present offressi offressies offressi offressien offressies offressien
direct future vegness a offrir vegnesses a offrir vegness a offrir vegnessen a offrir vegnesses a offrir vegnessen a offrir
indirect future vegnessi a offrir vegnessies a offrir vegnessi a offrir vegnessien a offrir vegnessies a offrir vegnessien a offrir
subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
present offreschi offreschies offreschi offrîen offrîes offreschien
past offrevi offrevies offrevi offrevien offrevies offrevien
future vegni a offrir vegnies a offrir vegni a offrir vegnîen a offrir vegnîes a offrir vegnien a offrir
imperative — ti — — vus —
offrescha offri
    Conjugation of offrir (Grischun)
infinitive offrir
gerund offrind
past participle offrì, offrida
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present offr, offresch offras, offreschas offra, offrescha offrain offrais offran, offreschan
imperfect offriva offrivas offriva offrivan offrivas offrivan
future vegnel a offrir vegns a offrir vegn a offrir vegnin a offrir vegnis a offrir vegnan a offrir
conditional jeu ti el/ella nus vus els/ellas
present offriss offrisses offriss offrissen offrisses offrissen
future vegness a offrir vegnesses a offrir vegness a offrir vegnessen a offrir vegnesses a offrir vegnessen a offrir
subjunctive che jeu che ti ch'el/ch'ella che nus che vus ch'els/ch'ellas
present offria, offreschia offrias, offreschias offria, offreschia offrian offrias offrian, offreschian
future vegni a offrir vegnies a offrir vegni a offrir vegnîen a offrir vegnîes a offrir vegnien a offrir
imperative — ti — — vus —
offra, offrescha offri
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