guérir
See also: guerir
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French guérir, guerir, garir, from Old French garir, guarir (“to guarantee, protect, give health to”), from Frankish *warjan (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, defend, guard, heed”). Cognate with Old High German werien (“to defend, protect”), Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
guérir
- (transitive) to cure, to heal
- Le médecin va le guérir. ― The doctor is going to heal it.
- 1898, Revue du monde invisible, page 339:
- Notre imagination, si ardente qu’on la suppose, ne peut ni guérir instantanément une lésion organique, ni ressusciter un mort.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, figurative) to cure, to heal
- 2018, Zaz, Qué vendrá:
- Puisque nous sommes ici sans savoir ce qui nous attend un peu plus tard, laisser parler mon instinct me guérit.
- Since we're here without knowing what awaits us a little bit later, letting my instinct[s] speak heals me.
- (intransitive or pronominal, with passive sense) to recover, to heal
- Il se guérira peu à peu. ― It will heal little by little.
Conjugation edit
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of guérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | guérir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | guérissant /ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guéri /ɡe.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | guéris /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guéris /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guérit /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guérissons /ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
guérissez /ɡe.ʁi.se/ |
guérissent /ɡe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | guérissais /ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
guérissais /ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
guérissait /ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
guérissions /ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
guérissiez /ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
guérissaient /ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | guéris /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guéris /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guérit /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guérîmes /ɡe.ʁim/ |
guérîtes /ɡe.ʁit/ |
guérirent /ɡe.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | guérirai /ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
guériras /ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
guérira /ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
guérirons /ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
guérirez /ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
guériront /ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guérirais /ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
guérirais /ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
guérirait /ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
guéririons /ɡe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guéririez /ɡe.ʁi.ʁje/ |
guériraient /ɡe.ʁi.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 | guérisse /ɡe.ʁis/ |
guérisses /ɡe.ʁis/ |
guérisse /ɡe.ʁis/ |
guérissions /ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
guérissiez /ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
guérissent /ɡe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | guérisse /ɡe.ʁis/ |
guérisses /ɡe.ʁis/ |
guérît /ɡe.ʁi/ |
guérissions /ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
guérissiez /ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
guérissent /ɡe.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guéris /ɡe.ʁi/ |
— | guérissons /ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
guérissez /ɡe.ʁi.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of se guérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se guérir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se guérissant /sə ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guéri /ɡe.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me guéris /mə ɡe.ʁi/ |
te guéris /tə ɡe.ʁi/ |
se guérit /sə ɡe.ʁi/ |
nous guérissons /nu ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
vous guérissez /vu ɡe.ʁi.se/ |
se guérissent /sə ɡe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | me guérissais /mə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
te guérissais /tə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
se guérissait /sə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
nous guérissions /nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous guérissiez /vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
se guérissaient /sə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me guéris /mə ɡe.ʁi/ |
te guéris /tə ɡe.ʁi/ |
se guérit /sə ɡe.ʁi/ |
nous guérîmes /nu ɡe.ʁim/ |
vous guérîtes /vu ɡe.ʁit/ |
se guérirent /sə ɡe.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | me guérirai /mə ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
te guériras /tə ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
se guérira /sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
nous guérirons /nu ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous guérirez /vu ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
se guériront /sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me guérirais /mə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
te guérirais /tə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
se guérirait /sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
nous guéririons /nu ɡe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous guéririez /vu ɡe.ʁi.ʁje/ |
se guériraient /sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me guérisse /mə ɡe.ʁis/ |
te guérisses /tə ɡe.ʁis/ |
se guérisse /sə ɡe.ʁis/ |
nous guérissions /nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous guérissiez /vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
se guérissent /sə ɡe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | me guérisse /mə ɡe.ʁis/ |
te guérisses /tə ɡe.ʁis/ |
se guérît /sə ɡe.ʁi/ |
nous guérissions /nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous guérissiez /vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ |
se guérissent /sə ɡe.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guéris-toi /ɡe.ʁi.twa/ |
— | guérissons-nous /ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃.nu/ |
guérissez-vous /ɡe.ʁi.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “guérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.