mouvoir

French

Etymology

From Old French movoir, from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mu.vwaʁ/, SAMPA: /mu.vwaR/

Verb

mouvoir

1. (transitive) to move
2. (reflexive, se mouvoir) To go around, to move about.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mouvoir			avoir mû
gerund		en mouvant			en ayant mû
present participle		mouvant
past participle		mû
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	meus	meus	meut	mouvons	mouvez	meuvent
	imperfect	mouvais	mouvais	mouvait	mouvions	mouviez	mouvaient
	past historic1	mus	mus	mut	mûmes	mûtes	murent
	future	mouvrai	mouvras	mouvra	mouvrons	mouvrez	mouvront
	conditional	mouvrais	mouvrais	mouvrait	mouvrions	mouvriez	mouvraient
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	meuve	meuves	meuve	mouvions	mouviez	meuvent
	imperfect1	musse	musses	mût	mussions	mussiez	mussent
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	–
		—	meus	—	mouvons	mouvez	—
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Related terms

• mouvement
• émouvoir
• mouvant
• mû