trouver
French
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus; confer trope.
Pronunciation
Verb
trouver
- (transitive) to find
- (transitive) to find/think, as in "to have thoughts regarding/on something".
- Je vous trouve si jolie. ― I think you're so pretty.
- (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself
- (reflexive, se trouver) To be found, to be situated, to be
- La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. ― The bakery is [found] opposite the cinema.
Conjugation
Conjugation of trouver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | trouver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | trouvant /tʁu.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | trouvé /tʁu.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | trouve /tʁuv/2 |
trouves /tʁuv/ |
trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouvons /tʁu.vɔ̃/ |
trouvez /tʁu.ve/ |
trouvent /tʁuv/ |
imperfect | trouvais /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvais /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvait /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvions /tʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
trouviez /tʁu.vje/ |
trouvaient /tʁu.vɛ/ | |
past historic3 | trouvai /tʁu.ve/ |
trouvas /tʁu.va/ |
trouva /tʁu.va/ |
trouvâmes /tʁu.vam/ |
trouvâtes /tʁu.vat/ |
trouvèrent /tʁu.vɛʁ/ | |
future | trouverai /tʁu.vʁe/ |
trouveras /tʁu.vʁa/ |
trouvera /tʁu.vʁa/ |
trouverons /tʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
trouverez /tʁu.vʁe/ |
trouveront /tʁu.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | trouverais /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverais /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverait /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverions /tʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trouveriez /tʁu.və.ʁje/ |
trouveraient /tʁu.vʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior3 | 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 | trouve /tʁuv/2 |
trouves /tʁuv/ |
trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouvions /tʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
trouviez /tʁu.vje/ |
trouvent /tʁuv/ |
imperfect3 | trouvasse /tʁu.vas/ |
trouvasses /tʁu.vas/ |
trouvât /tʁu.va/ |
trouvassions /tʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
trouvassiez /tʁu.va.sje/ |
trouvassent /tʁu.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect3 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | trouve /tʁuv/ |
— | trouvons /tʁu.vɔ̃/ |
trouvez /tʁu.ve/ |
— | |
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 trouvé when inverted. | |||||||
3 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). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “trouver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Verb
trouver
- to find
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of trouver
infinitive | simple | trouver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | trouvant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | trouvé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvons | trouvez | trouvent |
imperfect | trouvois, trouvoys | trouvois, trouvoys | trouvoit, trouvoyt | trouvions, trouvyons | trouviez, trouvyez | trouvoient, trouvoyent | |
past historic | trouva | trouvas | trouva | trouvasmes | trouvastes | trouverent | |
future | trouverai, trouveray | trouveras | trouvera | trouverons | trouverez | trouveront | |
conditional | trouverois, trouveroys | trouverois, trouveroys | trouveroit, trouveroyt | trouverions, trouveryons | trouveriez, trouveryez | trouveroient, trouveroyent | |
(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 | trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvons | trouvez | trouvent |
imperfect | trouvasse | trouvasses | trouvast | trouvassions | trouvassiez | trouvassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | trouve | — | trouvons | trouvez | — | |
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: trouver
Norman
Alternative forms
- trouvaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
trouver (gerund trouv'thie)
Antonyms
- cachi (“to hide”)
Picard
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Verb
trouver
- to find
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