soupirer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French souspirer, from Old French souspirer, from Latin suspīrāre, from sub- + spīrō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.pi.ʁe/
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Verb

soupirer

  1. to sigh
  2. (figuratively) to yearn, to long for

Conjugation
Conjugation of soupirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple soupirer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soupirant
/su.pi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soupiré
/su.pi.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present soupire
/su.piʁ/		 soupires
/su.piʁ/		 soupire
/su.piʁ/		 soupirons
/su.pi.ʁɔ̃/		 soupirez
/su.pi.ʁe/		 soupirent
/su.piʁ/
imperfect soupirais
/su.pi.ʁɛ/		 soupirais
/su.pi.ʁɛ/		 soupirait
/su.pi.ʁɛ/		 soupirions
/su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/		 soupiriez
/su.pi.ʁje/		 soupiraient
/su.pi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 soupirai
/su.pi.ʁe/		 soupiras
/su.pi.ʁa/		 soupira
/su.pi.ʁa/		 soupirâmes
/su.pi.ʁam/		 soupirâtes
/su.pi.ʁat/		 soupirèrent
/su.pi.ʁɛʁ/
future soupirerai
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/		 soupireras
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/		 soupirera
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/		 soupirerons
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 soupirerez
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/		 soupireront
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional soupirerais
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 soupirerais
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 soupirerait
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 soupirerions
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 soupireriez
/su.pi.ʁə.ʁje/		 soupireraient
/su.pi.ʁə.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 soupire
/su.piʁ/		 soupires
/su.piʁ/		 soupire
/su.piʁ/		 soupirions
/su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/		 soupiriez
/su.pi.ʁje/		 soupirent
/su.piʁ/
imperfect2 soupirasse
/su.pi.ʁas/		 soupirasses
/su.pi.ʁas/		 soupirât
/su.pi.ʁa/		 soupirassions
/su.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 soupirassiez
/su.pi.ʁa.sje/		 soupirassent
/su.pi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — soupire
/su.piʁ/		 — soupirons
/su.pi.ʁɔ̃/		 soupirez
/su.pi.ʁe/		 —
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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