douer

French

Etymology

From Old French, inherited from Latin dōtāre. Doublet of doter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwe/, /du.e/

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Verb

douer

1. to endow (someone) (de with)

Conjugation

• This verb is almost only used in compound tenses.

Conjugation of douer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	douer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	douant /dwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		doué /dwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	doue /du/	doues /du/	doue /du/	douons /dwɔ̃/	douez /dwe/	douent /du/
	imperfect	douais /dwɛ/	douais /dwɛ/	douait /dwɛ/	douions /du.jɔ̃/	douiez /du.je/	douaient /dwɛ/
	past historic2	douai /dwe/	douas /dwa/	doua /dwa/	douâmes /dwam/	douâtes /dwat/	douèrent /dwɛʁ/
	future	douerai /du.ʁe/	doueras /du.ʁa/	douera /du.ʁa/	douerons /du.ʁɔ̃/	douerez /du.ʁe/	doueront /du.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	douerais /du.ʁɛ/	douerais /du.ʁɛ/	douerait /du.ʁɛ/	douerions /du.ʁjɔ̃/	doueriez /du.ʁje/	doueraient /du.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	doue /du/	doues /du/	doue /du/	douions /du.jɔ̃/	douiez /du.je/	douent /du/
	imperfect2	douasse /dwas/	douasses /dwas/	douât /dwa/	douassions /dwa.sjɔ̃/	douassiez /dwa.sje/	douassent /dwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	doue /du/	—	douons /dwɔ̃/	douez /dwe/	—
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

• douaire
• doué

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• odeur