sourire

French

Etymology

Compare Italian sorridere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /su.ʁiʁ/, X-SAMPA: /su.RiR@/

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• Homophones: sourirent, sourires
• Hyphenation: sou‧rire

Noun

sourire m. (plural sourires)

1. smile

Verb

sourire

1. to smile

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sourire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sourire			avoir souri
gerund		en souriant			en ayant souri
present participle		souriant
past participle		souri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	souris	souris	sourit	sourions	souriez	sourient
	imperfect	souriais	souriais	souriait	souriions	souriiez	souriaient
	past historic1	souris	souris	sourit	sourîmes	sourîtes	sourirent
	future	sourirai	souriras	sourira	sourirons	sourirez	souriront
	conditional	sourirais	sourirais	sourirait	souririons	souririez	souriraient
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	sourie	souries	sourie	souriions	souriiez	sourient
	imperfect1	sourisse	sourisses	sourît	sourissions	sourissiez	sourissent
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	–
		—	souris	—	sourions	souriez	—
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