cultiver

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.ti.ve/

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Verb

cultiver

1. to cultivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of cultiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cultiver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cultivant /kyl.ti.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cultivé /kyl.ti.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cultive /kyl.tiv/	cultives /kyl.tiv/	cultive /kyl.tiv/	cultivons /kyl.ti.vɔ̃/	cultivez /kyl.ti.ve/	cultivent /kyl.tiv/
	imperfect	cultivais /kyl.ti.vɛ/	cultivais /kyl.ti.vɛ/	cultivait /kyl.ti.vɛ/	cultivions /kyl.ti.vjɔ̃/	cultiviez /kyl.ti.vje/	cultivaient /kyl.ti.vɛ/
	past historic2	cultivai /kyl.ti.ve/	cultivas /kyl.ti.va/	cultiva /kyl.ti.va/	cultivâmes /kyl.ti.vam/	cultivâtes /kyl.ti.vat/	cultivèrent /kyl.ti.vɛʁ/
	future	cultiverai /kyl.ti.vʁe/	cultiveras /kyl.ti.vʁa/	cultivera /kyl.ti.vʁa/	cultiverons /kyl.ti.vʁɔ̃/	cultiverez /kyl.ti.vʁe/	cultiveront /kyl.ti.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cultiverais /kyl.ti.vʁɛ/	cultiverais /kyl.ti.vʁɛ/	cultiverait /kyl.ti.vʁɛ/	cultiverions /kyl.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/	cultiveriez /kyl.ti.və.ʁje/	cultiveraient /kyl.ti.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	cultive /kyl.tiv/	cultives /kyl.tiv/	cultive /kyl.tiv/	cultivions /kyl.ti.vjɔ̃/	cultiviez /kyl.ti.vje/	cultivent /kyl.tiv/
	imperfect2	cultivasse /kyl.ti.vas/	cultivasses /kyl.ti.vas/	cultivât /kyl.ti.va/	cultivassions /kyl.ti.va.sjɔ̃/	cultivassiez /kyl.ti.va.sje/	cultivassent /kyl.ti.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cultive /kyl.tiv/	—	cultivons /kyl.ti.vɔ̃/	cultivez /kyl.ti.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

• cultivation
• cultiveur

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

cultiver

1. (of a plant) to cultivate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of cultiver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cultiver			avoir cultivé
gerund		en cultivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cultivant
past participle		cultivé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cultif	cultives	cultive	cultivons	cultivez	cultivent
	imperfect	cultivoie, cultiveie, cultivoe, cultiveve	cultivoies, cultiveies, cultivoes, cultiveves	cultivoit, cultiveit, cultivot, cultiveve	cultiviiens, cultiviens	cultiviiez, cultiviez	cultivoient, cultiveient, cultivoent, cultivevent
	preterite	cultivai	cultivas	cultiva	cultivames	cultivastes	cultiverent
	future	cultiverai	cultiveras	cultivera	cultiverons	cultiveroiz, cultivereiz, cultiverez	cultiveront
	conditional	cultiveroie, cultivereie	cultiveroies, cultivereies	cultiveroit, cultivereit	cultiveriiens, cultiveriens	cultiveriiez, cultiveriez	cultiveroient, cultivereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cultif	cultis	cultit	cultivons	cultivez	cultivent
	imperfect	cultivasse	cultivasses	cultivast	cultivissons, cultivissiens	cultivissoiz, cultivissez, cultivissiez	cultivassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cultive	—	cultivons	cultivez	—