aviver

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ vif +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.ve/

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Verb

aviver

1. to brighten; to shine (make brighter or shinier)

Conjugation

Conjugation of aviver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aviver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	avivant /a.vi.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		avivé /a.vi.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	avive /a.viv/	avives /a.viv/	avive /a.viv/	avivons /a.vi.vɔ̃/	avivez /a.vi.ve/	avivent /a.viv/
	imperfect	avivais /a.vi.vɛ/	avivais /a.vi.vɛ/	avivait /a.vi.vɛ/	avivions /a.vi.vjɔ̃/	aviviez /a.vi.vje/	avivaient /a.vi.vɛ/
	past historic2	avivai /a.vi.ve/	avivas /a.vi.va/	aviva /a.vi.va/	avivâmes /a.vi.vam/	avivâtes /a.vi.vat/	avivèrent /a.vi.vɛʁ/
	future	aviverai /a.vi.vʁe/	aviveras /a.vi.vʁa/	avivera /a.vi.vʁa/	aviverons /a.vi.vʁɔ̃/	aviverez /a.vi.vʁe/	aviveront /a.vi.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aviverais /a.vi.vʁɛ/	aviverais /a.vi.vʁɛ/	aviverait /a.vi.vʁɛ/	aviverions /a.vi.və.ʁjɔ̃/	aviveriez /a.vi.və.ʁje/	aviveraient /a.vi.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	avive /a.viv/	avives /a.viv/	avive /a.viv/	avivions /a.vi.vjɔ̃/	aviviez /a.vi.vje/	avivent /a.viv/
	imperfect2	avivasse /a.vi.vas/	avivasses /a.vi.vas/	avivât /a.vi.va/	avivassions /a.vi.va.sjɔ̃/	avivassiez /a.vi.va.sje/	avivassent /a.vi.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	avive /a.viv/	—	avivons /a.vi.vɔ̃/	avivez /a.vi.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).

Related terms

• avivage
• raviver

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ravive, ravivé