cuver

French

Etymology

In the sense “to ferment”, from cuve; first attested in 1433. The other senses either have the same origin or come from Latin cubare (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ky.ve/
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Verb

cuver

(intransitive) to ferment
(transitive, colloquial) to sleep off (especially of alcohol)
(intransitive, colloquial) to sleep or rest after drinking
(transitive) to calm
cuver sa colère ― simmer down
(intransitive, Argad'z) to lie around, laze about

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	cuver
present participle or gerund¹	simple	cuvant /ky.vɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cuvé /ky.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cuve /kyv/	cuves /kyv/	cuve /kyv/	cuvons /ky.vɔ̃/	cuvez /ky.ve/	cuvent /kyv/
	imperfect	cuvais /ky.vɛ/	cuvais /ky.vɛ/	cuvait /ky.vɛ/	cuvions /ky.vjɔ̃/	cuviez /ky.vje/	cuvaient /ky.vɛ/
	past historic²	cuvai /ky.ve/	cuvas /ky.va/	cuva /ky.va/	cuvâmes /ky.vam/	cuvâtes /ky.vat/	cuvèrent /ky.vɛʁ/
	future	cuverai /ky.vʁe/	cuveras /ky.vʁa/	cuvera /ky.vʁa/	cuverons /ky.vʁɔ̃/	cuverez /ky.vʁe/	cuveront /ky.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cuverais /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverais /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverait /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverions /ky.və.ʁjɔ̃/	cuveriez /ky.və.ʁje/	cuveraient /ky.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	cuve /kyv/	cuves /kyv/	cuve /kyv/	cuvions /ky.vjɔ̃/	cuviez /ky.vje/	cuvent /kyv/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	cuvasse /ky.vas/	cuvasses /ky.vas/	cuvât /ky.va/	cuvassions /ky.va.sjɔ̃/	cuvassiez /ky.va.sje/	cuvassent /ky.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	cuve /kyv/	—	cuvons /ky.vɔ̃/	cuvez /ky.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).