pourvoir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir (whence English purvey), from Latin prōvideō (whence English provide), from prō- +‎ videō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /puʁ.vwaʁ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

pourvoir

  1. (transitive) to equip, provide, endow (someone de with)
  2. (transitive) to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
  3. (intransitive) to provide (à for)
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to provide oneself (de with)
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, law) to appeal (en to)

Conjugation

Pourvoir and its derived verbs conjugate like voir, except that their past historic indicative and imperfect subjunctive are in -vu- instead of -vi-.

Conjugation of pourvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pourvoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pourvoyant
/puʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pourvu
/puʁ.vy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoit
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.je/		 pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyait
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/		 pourvoyaient
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/
past historic2 pourvus
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvus
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvut
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvûmes
/puʁ.vym/		 pourvûtes
/puʁ.vyt/		 pourvurent
/puʁ.vyʁ/
future pourvoirai
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/		 pourvoiras
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/		 pourvoira
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/		 pourvoirons
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/		 pourvoirez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/		 pourvoiront
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirait
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirions
/puʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 pourvoiriez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁje/		 pourvoiraient
/puʁ.vwa.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 pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoies
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/		 pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect2 pourvusse
/puʁ.vys/		 pourvusses
/puʁ.vys/		 pourvût
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvussions
/puʁ.vy.sjɔ̃/		 pourvussiez
/puʁ.vy.sje/		 pourvussent
/puʁ.vys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 — pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.je/		 —
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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