vibrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vibrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.bʁe/

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Verb

vibrer

1. (intransitive) to vibrate
2. (transitive) to vibrate

   Synonym: faire vibrer

Conjugation

Conjugation of vibrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vibrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vibrant /vi.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vibré /vi.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vibre /vibʁ/	vibres /vibʁ/	vibre /vibʁ/	vibrons /vi.bʁɔ̃/	vibrez /vi.bʁe/	vibrent /vibʁ/
	imperfect	vibrais /vi.bʁɛ/	vibrais /vi.bʁɛ/	vibrait /vi.bʁɛ/	vibrions /vi.bʁi.jɔ̃/	vibriez /vi.bʁi.je/	vibraient /vi.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	vibrai /vi.bʁe/	vibras /vi.bʁa/	vibra /vi.bʁa/	vibrâmes /vi.bʁam/	vibrâtes /vi.bʁat/	vibrèrent /vi.bʁɛʁ/
	future	vibrerai /vi.bʁə.ʁe/	vibreras /vi.bʁə.ʁa/	vibrera /vi.bʁə.ʁa/	vibrerons /vi.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	vibrerez /vi.bʁə.ʁe/	vibreront /vi.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vibrerais /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/	vibrerais /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/	vibrerait /vi.bʁə.ʁɛ/	vibrerions /vi.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	vibreriez /vi.bʁə.ʁje/	vibreraient /vi.bʁə.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	vibre /vibʁ/	vibres /vibʁ/	vibre /vibʁ/	vibrions /vi.bʁi.jɔ̃/	vibriez /vi.bʁi.je/	vibrent /vibʁ/
	imperfect2	vibrasse /vi.bʁas/	vibrasses /vi.bʁas/	vibrât /vi.bʁa/	vibrassions /vi.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	vibrassiez /vi.bʁa.sje/	vibrassent /vi.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vibre /vibʁ/	—	vibrons /vi.bʁɔ̃/	vibrez /vi.bʁe/	—
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

• vibreur

Related terms

• vibration

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

vibrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vibrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vibrer

1. imperative of vibrere