poivrer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
poivrer
- to pepper (to season with pepper)
Conjugation
Conjugation of poivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | poivrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | poivrant /pwa.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | poivré /pwa.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | poivre /pwavʁ/ |
poivres /pwavʁ/ |
poivre /pwavʁ/ |
poivrons /pwa.vʁɔ̃/ |
poivrez /pwa.vʁe/ |
poivrent /pwavʁ/ |
| imperfect | poivrais /pwa.vʁɛ/ |
poivrais /pwa.vʁɛ/ |
poivrait /pwa.vʁɛ/ |
poivrions /pwa.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
poivriez /pwa.vʁi.je/ |
poivraient /pwa.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | poivrai /pwa.vʁe/ |
poivras /pwa.vʁa/ |
poivra /pwa.vʁa/ |
poivrâmes /pwa.vʁam/ |
poivrâtes /pwa.vʁat/ |
poivrèrent /pwa.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | poivrerai /pwa.vʁə.ʁe/ |
poivreras /pwa.vʁə.ʁa/ |
poivrera /pwa.vʁə.ʁa/ |
poivrerons /pwa.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
poivrerez /pwa.vʁə.ʁe/ |
poivreront /pwa.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | poivrerais /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
poivrerais /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
poivrerait /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
poivrerions /pwa.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
poivreriez /pwa.vʁə.ʁje/ |
poivreraient /pwa.vʁə.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 | poivre /pwavʁ/ |
poivres /pwavʁ/ |
poivre /pwavʁ/ |
poivrions /pwa.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
poivriez /pwa.vʁi.je/ |
poivrent /pwavʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | poivrasse /pwa.vʁas/ |
poivrasses /pwa.vʁas/ |
poivrât /pwa.vʁa/ |
poivrassions /pwa.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
poivrassiez /pwa.vʁa.sje/ |
poivrassent /pwa.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | poivre /pwavʁ/ |
— | poivrons /pwa.vʁɔ̃/ |
poivrez /pwa.vʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “poivrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.