recouvrer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French recouvrer, from Old French recovrer, inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of récupérer, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ku.vʁe/

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Verb

recouvrer

1. (transitive, formal) to recover (get back into one's possession)

   recouvrer la santé ― recover health

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with recouvrir (“to cover up”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of recouvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	recouvrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recouvrant /ʁə.ku.vʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recouvré /ʁə.ku.vʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/	recouvrez /ʁə.ku.vʁe/	recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/
	imperfect	recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/	recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/	recouvrait /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/	recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/	recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/	recouvraient /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/
	past historic2	recouvrai /ʁə.ku.vʁe/	recouvras /ʁə.ku.vʁa/	recouvra /ʁə.ku.vʁa/	recouvrâmes /ʁə.ku.vʁam/	recouvrâtes /ʁə.ku.vʁat/	recouvrèrent /ʁə.ku.vʁɛʁ/
	future	recouvrerai /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/	recouvreras /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/	recouvrera /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/	recouvrerons /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/	recouvrerez /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/	recouvreront /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recouvrerais /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/	recouvrerais /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/	recouvrerait /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/	recouvrerions /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	recouvreriez /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁje/	recouvreraient /ʁə.ku.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	recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/	recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/	recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/	recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/
	imperfect2	recouvrasse /ʁə.ku.vʁas/	recouvrasses /ʁə.ku.vʁas/	recouvrât /ʁə.ku.vʁa/	recouvrassions /ʁə.ku.vʁa.sjɔ̃/	recouvrassiez /ʁə.ku.vʁa.sje/	recouvrassent /ʁə.ku.vʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/	—	recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/	recouvrez /ʁə.ku.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• irrécouvrable
• recouvrement

Further reading

• “recouvrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre.

Verb

recouvrer

1. to recover (get back into one's possession)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of recouvrer

infinitive	simple	recouvrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	recouvrant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		recouvré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recouvre	recouvres	recouvre	recouvrons	recouvrez	recouvrent
	imperfect	recouvrois, recouvroys	recouvrois, recouvroys	recouvroit, recouvroyt	recouvrions, recouvryons	recouvriez, recouvryez	recouvroient, recouvroyent
	past historic	recouvra	recouvras	recouvra	recouvrasmes	recouvrastes	recouvrerent
	future	recouvrerai, recouvreray	recouvreras	recouvrera	recouvrerons	recouvrerez	recouvreront
	conditional	recouvrerois, recouvreroys	recouvrerois, recouvreroys	recouvreroit, recouvreroyt	recouvrerions, recouvreryons	recouvreriez, recouvreryez	recouvreroient, recouvreroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	recouvre	recouvres	recouvre	recouvrons	recouvrez	recouvrent
	imperfect	recouvrasse	recouvrasses	recouvrast	recouvrassions	recouvrassiez	recouvrassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recouvre	—	recouvrons	recouvrez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: recouvrer