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ouvrir
ouvrir
French
Verb
ouvrir
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like couvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle ouvert is irregular.
Conjugation of ouvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ouvrir | avoir ouvert | |||||
| gerund | en ouvrant | en ayant ouvert | |||||
| present participle | ouvrant /u.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ouvert /u.vɛʁ/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ouvre /uvʁ/ |
ouvres /uvʁ/ |
ouvre /uvʁ/ |
ouvrons /u.vʁɔ̃/ |
ouvrez /u.vʁe/ |
ouvrent /uvʁ/ |
| imperfect | ouvrais /u.vʁɛ/ |
ouvrais /u.vʁɛ/ |
ouvrait /u.vʁɛ/ |
ouvrions /u.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
ouvriez /u.vʁi.je/ |
ouvraient /u.vʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ouvris /u.vʁi/ |
ouvris /u.vʁi/ |
ouvrit /u.vʁi/ |
ouvrîmes /u.vʁim/ |
ouvrîtes /u.vʁit/ |
ouvrirent /u.vʁiʁ/ |
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| future | ouvrirai /u.vʁi.ʁe/ |
ouvriras /u.vʁi.ʁa/ |
ouvrira /u.vʁi.ʁa/ |
ouvrirons /u.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
ouvrirez /u.vʁi.ʁe/ |
ouvriront /u.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ouvrirais /u.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
ouvrirais /u.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
ouvrirait /u.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
ouvririons /u.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ouvririez /u.vʁi.ʁje/ |
ouvriraient /u.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ouvre /uvʁ/ |
ouvres /uvʁ/ |
ouvre /uvʁ/ |
ouvrions /u.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
ouvriez /u.vʁi.je/ |
ouvrent /uvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
ouvrisse /u.vʁis/ |
ouvrisses /u.vʁis/ |
ouvrît /u.vʁi/ |
ouvrissions /u.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
ouvrissiez /u.vʁi.sje/ |
ouvrissent /u.vʁis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ouvre /uvʁ/ |
— | ouvrons /u.vʁɔ̃/ |
ouvrez /u.vʁe/ |
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Antonyms
Related terms
- ouvert
- ouverture
- ouvrant
- ouvreur
- ouvre-boîte
- ouvre-bouteille