couver

couver

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin cubāre.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    couver

    1. to brood (an egg)
    2. (figuratively) to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle
    3. (figuratively) to plot, hatch, scheme

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of couver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple couver
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple couvant
    /ku.vɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle couvé
    /ku.ve/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present couve
    /kuv/     		couves
    /kuv/     		couve
    /kuv/     		couvons
    /ku.vɔ̃/     		couvez
    /ku.ve/     		couvent
    /kuv/
    imperfect couvais
    /ku.vɛ/     		couvais
    /ku.vɛ/     		couvait
    /ku.vɛ/     		couvions
    /ku.vjɔ̃/     		couviez
    /ku.vje/     		couvaient
    /ku.vɛ/
    past historic2 couvai
    /ku.ve/     		couvas
    /ku.va/     		couva
    /ku.va/     		couvâmes
    /ku.vam/     		couvâtes
    /ku.vat/     		couvèrent
    /ku.vɛʁ/
    future couverai
    /ku.vʁe/     		couveras
    /ku.vʁa/     		couvera
    /ku.vʁa/     		couverons
    /ku.vʁɔ̃/     		couverez
    /ku.vʁe/     		couveront
    /ku.vʁɔ̃/
    conditional couverais
    /ku.vʁɛ/     		couverais
    /ku.vʁɛ/     		couverait
    /ku.vʁɛ/     		couverions
    /ku.və.ʁjɔ̃/     		couveriez
    /ku.və.ʁje/     		couveraient
    /ku.vʁɛ/
    (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 couve
    /kuv/     		couves
    /kuv/     		couve
    /kuv/     		couvions
    /ku.vjɔ̃/     		couviez
    /ku.vje/     		couvent
    /kuv/
    imperfect2 couvasse
    /ku.vas/     		couvasses
    /ku.vas/     		couvât
    /ku.va/     		couvassions
    /ku.va.sjɔ̃/     		couvassiez
    /ku.va.sje/     		couvassent
    /ku.vas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — couve
    /kuv/     		— couvons
    /ku.vɔ̃/     		couvez
    /ku.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 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).

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