rouer
See also: Rouer
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin rotāre. Doublet of rôder, a borrowing from Provençal.
Verb edit
rouer
- (transitive) to curl up, roll up
- (intransitive) to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rouant /ʁwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | roué /ʁwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | roue /ʁu/ |
roues /ʁu/ |
roue /ʁu/ |
rouons /ʁwɔ̃/ |
rouez /ʁwe/ |
rouent /ʁu/ |
| imperfect | rouais /ʁwɛ/ |
rouais /ʁwɛ/ |
rouait /ʁwɛ/ |
rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouiez /ʁu.je/ |
rouaient /ʁwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rouai /ʁwe/ |
rouas /ʁwa/ |
roua /ʁwa/ |
rouâmes /ʁwam/ |
rouâtes /ʁwat/ |
rouèrent /ʁwɛʁ/ | |
| future | rouerai /ʁu.ʁe/ |
roueras /ʁu.ʁa/ |
rouera /ʁu.ʁa/ |
rouerons /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/ |
rouerez /ʁu.ʁe/ |
roueront /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerait /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerions /ʁu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
roueriez /ʁu.ʁje/ |
roueraient /ʁu.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 | roue /ʁu/ |
roues /ʁu/ |
roue /ʁu/ |
rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouiez /ʁu.je/ |
rouent /ʁu/ |
| imperfect2 | rouasse /ʁwas/ |
rouasses /ʁwas/ |
rouât /ʁwa/ |
rouassions /ʁwa.sjɔ̃/ |
rouassiez /ʁwa.sje/ |
rouassent /ʁwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | roue /ʁu/ |
— | rouons /ʁwɔ̃/ |
rouez /ʁwe/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rouer
- (transitive) to beat upon the breaking wheel
- (transitive) to run over (squash by driving over)
- (transitive) to abuse, beat (subject to a beating)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rouant /ʁwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | roué /ʁwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | roue /ʁu/ |
roues /ʁu/ |
roue /ʁu/ |
rouons /ʁwɔ̃/ |
rouez /ʁwe/ |
rouent /ʁu/ |
| imperfect | rouais /ʁwɛ/ |
rouais /ʁwɛ/ |
rouait /ʁwɛ/ |
rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouiez /ʁu.je/ |
rouaient /ʁwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rouai /ʁwe/ |
rouas /ʁwa/ |
roua /ʁwa/ |
rouâmes /ʁwam/ |
rouâtes /ʁwat/ |
rouèrent /ʁwɛʁ/ | |
| future | rouerai /ʁu.ʁe/ |
roueras /ʁu.ʁa/ |
rouera /ʁu.ʁa/ |
rouerons /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/ |
rouerez /ʁu.ʁe/ |
roueront /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerait /ʁu.ʁɛ/ |
rouerions /ʁu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
roueriez /ʁu.ʁje/ |
roueraient /ʁu.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 | roue /ʁu/ |
roues /ʁu/ |
roue /ʁu/ |
rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouiez /ʁu.je/ |
rouent /ʁu/ |
| imperfect2 | rouasse /ʁwas/ |
rouasses /ʁwas/ |
rouât /ʁwa/ |
rouassions /ʁwa.sjɔ̃/ |
rouassiez /ʁwa.sje/ |
rouassent /ʁwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | roue /ʁu/ |
— | rouons /ʁwɔ̃/ |
rouez /ʁwe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.