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trouver
trouver
French
Verb
trouver
- (transitive) to find
- (transitive) to find/think, as in "to have thoughts regarding/on something".
- Je vous trouve si jolie. ― I think you're so pretty.
- (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself
- (reflexive, se trouver) To be found, to be situated, to be
- La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. ― The bakery is [found] opposite the cinema.
Conjugation
Conjugation of trouver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | trouver | avoir trouvé | |||||
| gerund | en trouvant | en ayant trouvé | |||||
| present participle | trouvant /tʁu.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | trouvé /tʁu.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouves /tʁuv/ |
trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouvons /tʁu.vɔ̃/ |
trouvez /tʁu.ve/ |
trouvent /tʁuv/ |
| imperfect | trouvais /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvais /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvait /tʁu.vɛ/ |
trouvions /tʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
trouviez /tʁu.vje/ |
trouvaient /tʁu.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | trouvai /tʁu.ve/ |
trouvas /tʁu.va/ |
trouva /tʁu.va/ |
trouvâmes /tʁu.vam/ |
trouvâtes /tʁu.vat/ |
trouvèrent /tʁu.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | trouverai /tʁu.vʁe/ |
trouveras /tʁu.vʁa/ |
trouvera /tʁu.vʁa/ |
trouverons /tʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
trouverez /tʁu.vʁe/ |
trouveront /tʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | trouverais /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverais /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverait /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
trouverions /tʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
trouveriez /tʁu.və.ʁje/ |
trouveraient /tʁu.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouves /tʁuv/ |
trouve /tʁuv/ |
trouvions /tʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
trouviez /tʁu.vje/ |
trouvent /tʁuv/ |
| imperfect1 |
trouvasse /tʁu.vas/ |
trouvasses /tʁu.vas/ |
trouvât /tʁu.va/ |
trouvassions /tʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
trouvassiez /tʁu.va.sje/ |
trouvassent /tʁu.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | trouve /tʁuv/ |
— | trouvons /tʁu.vɔ̃/ |
trouvez /tʁu.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Verb
trouver
- to find
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of trouver
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trouver | avoir trouvé | |||||
| gerund | en trouvant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trouvant | ||||||
| past participle | trouvé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvons | trouvez | trouvent |
| imperfect | trouvois, trouvoys | trouvois, trouvoys | trouvoit, trouvoyt | trouvions, trouvyons | trouviez, trouvyez | trouvoient, trouvoyent | |
| past historic | trouva | trouvas | trouva | trouvasmes | trouvastes | trouverent | |
| future | trouverai, trouveray | trouveras | trouvera | trouverons | trouverez | trouveront | |
| conditional | trouverois, trouveroys | trouverois, trouveroys | trouveroit, trouveroyt | trouverions, trouveryons | trouveriez, trouveryez | trouveroient, trouveroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | trouve | trouves | trouve | trouvons | trouvez | trouvent |
| imperfect | trouvasse | trouvasses | trouvast | trouvassions | trouvassiez | trouvassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | trouve | — | trouvons | trouvez | — | ||
Norman
Alternative forms
- trouvaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Pronunciation
Verb
trouver (gerund trouv'thie)
Antonyms
- cachi (“to hide”)
Picard
Etymology
From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.
Verb
trouver
- to find