gourer

French

Alternative forms

gourrer

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرَّ (ḡarra, “to deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ʁe/

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Verb

gourer

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to goof up, to mess up, to screw up

   Synonyms: planter, tromper

   • 1997, “Ton Invitation”, performed by Louise Attaque:

     J’ai accepté par erreur, ton invitation / J’ai dû me gourer dans l’heure / J’ai dû me planter dans la saison

     I accepted your invitation by mistake / I must have got the time wrong / I must have got the season wrong

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to doubt something, to be wary of something

   Synonyms: douter, méfier

Conjugation

Conjugation of gourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gourer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gourant /ɡu.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gouré /ɡu.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	goure /ɡuʁ/	goures /ɡuʁ/	goure /ɡuʁ/	gourons /ɡu.ʁɔ̃/	gourez /ɡu.ʁe/	gourent /ɡuʁ/
	imperfect	gourais /ɡu.ʁɛ/	gourais /ɡu.ʁɛ/	gourait /ɡu.ʁɛ/	gourions /ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/	gouriez /ɡu.ʁje/	gouraient /ɡu.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	gourai /ɡu.ʁe/	gouras /ɡu.ʁa/	goura /ɡu.ʁa/	gourâmes /ɡu.ʁam/	gourâtes /ɡu.ʁat/	gourèrent /ɡu.ʁɛʁ/
	future	gourerai /ɡu.ʁə.ʁe/	goureras /ɡu.ʁə.ʁa/	gourera /ɡu.ʁə.ʁa/	gourerons /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	gourerez /ɡu.ʁə.ʁe/	goureront /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gourerais /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	gourerais /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	gourerait /ɡu.ʁə.ʁɛ/	gourerions /ɡu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	goureriez /ɡu.ʁə.ʁje/	goureraient /ɡu.ʁə.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	goure /ɡuʁ/	goures /ɡuʁ/	goure /ɡuʁ/	gourions /ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/	gouriez /ɡu.ʁje/	gourent /ɡuʁ/
	imperfect2	gourasse /ɡu.ʁas/	gourasses /ɡu.ʁas/	gourât /ɡu.ʁa/	gourassions /ɡu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	gourassiez /ɡu.ʁa.sje/	gourassent /ɡu.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	goure /ɡuʁ/	—	gourons /ɡu.ʁɔ̃/	gourez /ɡu.ʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

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