givrer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.vʁe/

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Verb

givrer

1. to ice up
2. to glaze

Conjugation

Conjugation of givrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	givrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	givrant /ʒi.vʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		givré /ʒi.vʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	givre /ʒivʁ/	givres /ʒivʁ/	givre /ʒivʁ/	givrons /ʒi.vʁɔ̃/	givrez /ʒi.vʁe/	givrent /ʒivʁ/
	imperfect	givrais /ʒi.vʁɛ/	givrais /ʒi.vʁɛ/	givrait /ʒi.vʁɛ/	givrions /ʒi.vʁi.jɔ̃/	givriez /ʒi.vʁi.je/	givraient /ʒi.vʁɛ/
	past historic2	givrai /ʒi.vʁe/	givras /ʒi.vʁa/	givra /ʒi.vʁa/	givrâmes /ʒi.vʁam/	givrâtes /ʒi.vʁat/	givrèrent /ʒi.vʁɛʁ/
	future	givrerai /ʒi.vʁə.ʁe/	givreras /ʒi.vʁə.ʁa/	givrera /ʒi.vʁə.ʁa/	givrerons /ʒi.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/	givrerez /ʒi.vʁə.ʁe/	givreront /ʒi.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	givrerais /ʒi.vʁə.ʁɛ/	givrerais /ʒi.vʁə.ʁɛ/	givrerait /ʒi.vʁə.ʁɛ/	givrerions /ʒi.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	givreriez /ʒi.vʁə.ʁje/	givreraient /ʒi.vʁə.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	givre /ʒivʁ/	givres /ʒivʁ/	givre /ʒivʁ/	givrions /ʒi.vʁi.jɔ̃/	givriez /ʒi.vʁi.je/	givrent /ʒivʁ/
	imperfect2	givrasse /ʒi.vʁas/	givrasses /ʒi.vʁas/	givrât /ʒi.vʁa/	givrassions /ʒi.vʁa.sjɔ̃/	givrassiez /ʒi.vʁa.sje/	givrassent /ʒi.vʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	givre /ʒivʁ/	—	givrons /ʒi.vʁɔ̃/	givrez /ʒi.vʁe/	—
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).

See also

• givre

Further reading

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