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livrer
livrer
French
Verb
livrer
- to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
- to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
- to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
- (reflexive) abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
- (reflexive) (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of livrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | livrer | avoir livré | |||||
| gerund | en livrant | en ayant livré | |||||
| present participle | livrant /li.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | livré /li.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 | livre /livʁ/ |
livres /livʁ/ |
livre /livʁ/ |
livrons /li.vʁɔ̃/ |
livrez /li.vʁe/ |
livrent /livʁ/ |
| imperfect | livrais /li.vʁɛ/ |
livrais /li.vʁɛ/ |
livrait /li.vʁɛ/ |
livrions /li.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
livriez /li.vʁi.je/ |
livraient /li.vʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | livrai /li.vʁe/ |
livras /li.vʁa/ |
livra /li.vʁa/ |
livrâmes /li.vʁam/ |
livrâtes /li.vʁat/ |
livrèrent /li.vʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | livrerai /li.vʁə.ʁe/ |
livreras /li.vʁə.ʁa/ |
livrera /li.vʁə.ʁa/ |
livrerons /li.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
livrerez /li.vʁə.ʁe/ |
livreront /li.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | livrerais /li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
livrerais /li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
livrerait /li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
livrerions /li.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
livreriez /li.vʁə.ʁje/ |
livreraient /li.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 | livre /livʁ/ |
livres /livʁ/ |
livre /livʁ/ |
livrions /li.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
livriez /li.vʁi.je/ |
livrent /livʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
livrasse /li.vʁas/ |
livrasses /li.vʁas/ |
livrât /li.vʁa/ |
livrassions /li.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
livrassiez /li.vʁa.sje/ |
livrassent /li.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 | – | |
| — | livre /livʁ/ |
— | livrons /li.vʁɔ̃/ |
livrez /li.vʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō.
Verb
livrer
- to deliver
- to give birth; to deliver
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of livrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | livrer | avoir livré | |||||
| gerund | en livrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | livrant | ||||||
| past participle | livré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | livre | livres | livre | livrons | livrez | livrent |
| imperfect | livroie, livreie, livroe, livreve | livroies, livreies, livroes, livreves | livroit, livreit, livrot, livreve | livriiens, livriens | livriiez, livriez | livroient, livreient, livroent, livrevent | |
| preterite | livrai | livras | livra | livrames | livrastes | livrerent | |
| future | livrerai | livreras | livrera | livrerons | livreroiz, livrereiz, livrerez | livreront | |
| conditional | livreroie, livrereie | livreroies, livrereies | livreroit, livrereit | livreriiens, livreriens | livreriiez, livreriez | livreroient, livrereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | livre | livres | livre | livrons | livrez | livrent |
| imperfect | livrasse | livrasses | livrast | livrissons, livrissiens | livrissoiz, livrissez, livrissiez | livrassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | livre | — | livrons | livrez | — | ||