découvrir
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperīre, present active infinitive of discooperiō, from Latin dis- + cooperiō.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdécouvrir
Conjugation
editThis verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle découvert is irregular.
Conjugation of découvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | découvrir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | découvrant /de.ku.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | découvert /de.ku.vɛʁ/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | découvre /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvres /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvre /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvrons /de.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
découvrez /de.ku.vʁe/ |
découvrent /de.kuvʁ/ |
imperfect | découvrais /de.ku.vʁɛ/ |
découvrais /de.ku.vʁɛ/ |
découvrait /de.ku.vʁɛ/ |
découvrions /de.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
découvriez /de.ku.vʁi.je/ |
découvraient /de.ku.vʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | découvris /de.ku.vʁi/ |
découvris /de.ku.vʁi/ |
découvrit /de.ku.vʁi/ |
découvrîmes /de.ku.vʁim/ |
découvrîtes /de.ku.vʁit/ |
découvrirent /de.ku.vʁiʁ/ | |
future | découvrirai /de.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
découvriras /de.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
découvrira /de.ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
découvrirons /de.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
découvrirez /de.ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
découvriront /de.ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | découvrirais /de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
découvrirais /de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
découvrirait /de.ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
découvririons /de.ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
découvririez /de.ku.vʁi.ʁje/ |
découvriraient /de.ku.vʁi.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 | découvre /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvres /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvre /de.kuvʁ/ |
découvrions /de.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
découvriez /de.ku.vʁi.je/ |
découvrent /de.kuvʁ/ |
imperfect2 | découvrisse /de.ku.vʁis/ |
découvrisses /de.ku.vʁis/ |
découvrît /de.ku.vʁi/ |
découvrissions /de.ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
découvrissiez /de.ku.vʁi.sje/ |
découvrissent /de.ku.vʁis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | découvre /de.kuvʁ/ |
— | découvrons /de.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
découvrez /de.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “découvrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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