boire

French

Etymology

From Old French boivre, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bwɑʁ/, SAMPA: /bwAR/

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• Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

boire

1. (ambitransitive) to drink

Derived terms

• boire comme un trou

Related terms

• boisson
• buvable
• buvard
• buvette
• buveur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of boire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		boire			avoir bu
gerund		en buvant			en ayant bu
present participle		buvant
past participle		bu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	bois	bois	boit	buvons	buvez	boivent
	imperfect	buvais	buvais	buvait	buvions	buviez	buvaient
	past historic1	bus	bus	but	bûmes	bûtes	burent
	future	boirai	boiras	boira	boirons	boirez	boiront
	conditional	boirais	boirais	boirait	boirions	boiriez	boiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	boive	boives	boive	buvions	buviez	boivent
	imperfect1	busse	busses	bût	bussions	bussiez	bussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	bois	—	buvons	buvez	—
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Anagrams

• broie
• obéir

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French boivre, from Latin bibo

Verb

boire

1. (ambitransitive) to drink

Related terms

• boysson