rêver

See also rever

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French resver (“to consider, reflect, be delirious”), probably from Frankish *rēswan, *rāswan (“to consider, conjecture, guess”), from Proto-Germanic *rēswanan (“to think, reckon, calculate”), from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“to reason, count”). Cognate with Old English rǣswan (“to think, consider, suspect, conjecture”). Related to Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉 (raþjo, “account, number, explanation”), Old High German rīm (“number”). More at rhyme.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁe.ve/, X-SAMPA: /Re.ve/

Verb

rêver

1. To dream.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rêver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rêver			avoir rêvé
gerund		en rêvant			en ayant rêvé
present participle		rêvant
past participle		rêvé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rêve	rêves	rêve	rêvons	rêvez	rêvent
	imperfect	rêvais	rêvais	rêvait	rêvions	rêviez	rêvaient
	past historic1	rêvai	rêvas	rêva	rêvâmes	rêvâtes	rêvèrent
	future	rêverai	rêveras	rêvera	rêverons	rêverez	rêveront
	conditional	rêverais	rêverais	rêverait	rêverions	rêveriez	rêveraient
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	rêve	rêves	rêve	rêvions	rêviez	rêvent
	imperfect1	rêvasse	rêvasses	rêvât	rêvassions	rêvassiez	rêvassent
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	–
		—	rêve	—	rêvons	rêvez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• rêve

Anagrams

• verre