pourvoir
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir (whence English purvey), from Latin prōvideō (whence English provide), from prō- + videō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puʁ.vwaʁ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
pourvoir
- (transitive) to equip, provide, endow someone [with de ‘with’]
- (transitive) to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
- (intransitive) to provide [with à ‘for’]
- (pronominal) to provide oneself [with de ‘with’]
- (pronominal, law) to appeal [with en ‘to’]
Conjugation
Pourvoir and its derived verbs conjugate like voir, except that their past historic indicative and imperfect subjunctive are in -vu- instead of -vi-.
Conjugation of pourvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pourvoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pourvoyant /puʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pourvu /puʁ.vy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pourvois /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvois /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvoit /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvoyons /puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
pourvoyez /puʁ.vwa.je/ |
pourvoient /puʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect | pourvoyais /puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
pourvoyais /puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
pourvoyait /puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
pourvoyions /puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
pourvoyiez /puʁ.vwaj.je/ |
pourvoyaient /puʁ.vwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pourvus /puʁ.vy/ |
pourvus /puʁ.vy/ |
pourvut /puʁ.vy/ |
pourvûmes /puʁ.vym/ |
pourvûtes /puʁ.vyt/ |
pourvurent /puʁ.vyʁ/ | |
| future | pourvoirai /puʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
pourvoiras /puʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
pourvoira /puʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
pourvoirons /puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
pourvoirez /puʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
pourvoiront /puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pourvoirais /puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
pourvoirais /puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
pourvoirait /puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
pourvoirions /puʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pourvoiriez /puʁ.vwa.ʁje/ |
pourvoiraient /puʁ.vwa.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 | pourvoie /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvoies /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvoie /puʁ.vwa/ |
pourvoyions /puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
pourvoyiez /puʁ.vwaj.je/ |
pourvoient /puʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect2 | pourvusse /puʁ.vys/ |
pourvusses /puʁ.vys/ |
pourvût /puʁ.vy/ |
pourvussions /puʁ.vy.sjɔ̃/ |
pourvussiez /puʁ.vy.sje/ |
pourvussent /puʁ.vys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pourvois /puʁ.vwa/ |
— | pourvoyons /puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
pourvoyez /puʁ.vwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- dépourvoir
- pourvoi
- pourvoirie
- pourvu, pourvu que
- repourvoir
Descendants
- → Romanian: prevedea (semantic loan)
Further reading
- “pourvoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.