plovoir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plovere (with a change in conjugation to *plovēre), from Classical Latin pluere.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /pluˈvei̯ɾ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /pluˈvoi̯ɾ/
  • (late) IPA(key): /pluˈvo̯ɛɾ/

Verb

plovoir

  1. to rain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pluev distinct from the unstressed stem plov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of plovoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive plovoir avoir pleü
gerund en plovant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle plovant
past participle pleü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present — — pluet — — pluevent
imperfect — — plovoit, ploveit — — —
preterite — — plut — — —
future — — plovra — — —
conditional — — plovroit, plovreit — — —
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 — — plueve — — —
imperfect — — pleüst — — —
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— — — — — —

Descendants

  • French: pleuvoir
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.