oeuvrer

See also: œuvrer

French

Verb

oeuvrer

  1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvrer.

Usage notes
  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Conjugation
Conjugation of oeuvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple oeuvrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple oeuvrant
/œ.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle oeuvré
/œ.vʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present oeuvre
/œvʁ/		 oeuvres
/œvʁ/		 oeuvre
/œvʁ/		 oeuvrons
/œ.vʁɔ̃/		 oeuvrez
/œ.vʁe/		 oeuvrent
/œvʁ/
imperfect oeuvrais
/œ.vʁɛ/		 oeuvrais
/œ.vʁɛ/		 oeuvrait
/œ.vʁɛ/		 oeuvrions
/œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 oeuvriez
/œ.vʁi.je/		 oeuvraient
/œ.vʁɛ/
past historic2 oeuvrai
/œ.vʁe/		 oeuvras
/œ.vʁa/		 oeuvra
/œ.vʁa/		 oeuvrâmes
/œ.vʁam/		 oeuvrâtes
/œ.vʁat/		 oeuvrèrent
/œ.vʁɛʁ/
future oeuvrerai
/œ.vʁə.ʁe/		 oeuvreras
/œ.vʁə.ʁa/		 oeuvrera
/œ.vʁə.ʁa/		 oeuvrerons
/œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 oeuvrerez
/œ.vʁə.ʁe/		 oeuvreront
/œ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional oeuvrerais
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 oeuvrerais
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 oeuvrerait
/œ.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 oeuvrerions
/œ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 oeuvreriez
/œ.vʁə.ʁje/		 oeuvreraient
/œ.vʁə.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 oeuvre
/œvʁ/		 oeuvres
/œvʁ/		 oeuvre
/œvʁ/		 oeuvrions
/œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 oeuvriez
/œ.vʁi.je/		 oeuvrent
/œvʁ/
imperfect2 oeuvrasse
/œ.vʁas/		 oeuvrasses
/œ.vʁas/		 oeuvrât
/œ.vʁa/		 oeuvrassions
/œ.vʁa.sjɔ̃/		 oeuvrassiez
/œ.vʁa.sje/		 oeuvrassent
/œ.vʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — oeuvre
/œvʁ/		 — oeuvrons
/œ.vʁɔ̃/		 oeuvrez
/œ.vʁe/		 —
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).

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