luire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French luire, variant of luisir, from Latin lūcēre.

For the Old French change in verb class, cf. plaire, taire < plaisir, taisir. For the change of stressed -ē- after palatals, see placere > plaisir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɥiʁ/

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Verb

luire

1. (intransitive) to shine; to glimmer
   • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 1, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

     Arshavin regarde sa bague, qui vient de luire.

     Arshavin looks at his ring, which has just lit up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	luire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	luisant /lɥi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lui /lɥi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	luis /lɥi/	luis /lɥi/	luit /lɥi/	luisons /lɥi.zɔ̃/	luisez /lɥi.ze/	luisent /lɥiz/
	imperfect	luisais /lɥi.zɛ/	luisais /lɥi.zɛ/	luisait /lɥi.zɛ/	luisions /lɥi.zjɔ̃/	luisiez /lɥi.zje/	luisaient /lɥi.zɛ/
	past historic2	luis or luisis /lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/	luis or luisis /lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/	luit /lɥi/	luîmes or luisîmes /lɥim/ or /lɥi.zim/	luîtes or luisîtes /lɥit/ or /lɥi.zit/	luirent or luisirent /lɥiʁ/ or /lɥi.ziʁ/
	future	luirai /lɥi.ʁe/	luiras /lɥi.ʁa/	luira /lɥi.ʁa/	luirons /lɥi.ʁɔ̃/	luirez /lɥi.ʁe/	luiront /lɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	luirais /lɥi.ʁɛ/	luirais /lɥi.ʁɛ/	luirait /lɥi.ʁɛ/	luirions /lɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	luiriez /lɥi.ʁje/	luiraient /lɥi.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	luise /lɥiz/	luises /lɥiz/	luise /lɥiz/	luisions /lɥi.zjɔ̃/	luisiez /lɥi.zje/	luisent /lɥiz/
	imperfect2	luisisse /lɥi.zis/	luisisses /lɥi.zis/	luisît /lɥi.zi/	luisissions /lɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/	luisissiez /lɥi.zi.sje/	luisissent /lɥi.zis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	luis /lɥi/	—	luisons /lɥi.zɔ̃/	luisez /lɥi.ze/	—
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

• lueur
• luisant
• reluire
• traluire

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

luire

1. alternative infinitive of luisir.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		luire			avoir luit
gerund		en luisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		luisant
past participle		luit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	luis	luis	luist, luit	luisons	luisiez	luisent
	imperfect	luisoie, luiseie	luisoies, luiseies	luisoit, luiseit	luisiiens, luisiens	luisiiez, luisiez	luisoient, luiseient
	preterite	luisi, luis	luisis	luisi, luist	luisimes	luisistes	luisirent, luistrent
	future	luirai	luiras	luira	luirons	luiroiz, luireiz, luirez	luiront
	conditional	luiroie, luireie	luiroies, luireies	luiroit, luireit	luiriiens, luiriens	luiriiez, luiriez	luiroient, luireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	luise	luises	luise	luisiens, luisons	luisiez	luisent
	imperfect	luisisse	luisisses	luisist	luisissons, luisissiens	luisissoiz, luisissez, luisissiez	luisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	luis	—	luisons	luisiez	—

Related terms

• reluire