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oeuvrer
oeuvrer
See also: œuvrer
French
Verb
oeuvrer
- 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | oeuvrer | avoir oeuvré | |||||
| gerund | en oeuvrant | en ayant oeuvré | |||||
| present participle | oeuvrant /œ.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | oeuvré /œ.vʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | oeuvrai /œ.vʁe/ |
oeuvras /œ.vʁa/ |
oeuvra /œ.vʁa/ |
oeuvrâmes /œ.vʁam/ |
oeuvrâtes /œ.vʁat/ |
oeuvrèrent /œ.vʁɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | oeuvre /œvʁ/ |
oeuvres /œvʁ/ |
oeuvre /œvʁ/ |
oeuvrions /œ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
oeuvriez /œ.vʁi.je/ |
oeuvrent /œvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
oeuvrasse /œ.vʁas/ |
oeuvrasses /œ.vʁas/ |
oeuvrât /œ.vʁa/ |
oeuvrassions /œ.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
oeuvrassiez /œ.vʁa.sje/ |
oeuvrassent /œ.vʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | oeuvre /œvʁ/ |
— | oeuvrons /œ.vʁɔ̃/ |
oeuvrez /œ.vʁe/ |
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