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recouvrer
recouvrer
French
Verb
recouvrer
- (transitive, formal) to recover (get back into one's possession)
Conjugation
Conjugation of recouvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recouvrer | avoir recouvré | |||||
| gerund | en recouvrant | en ayant recouvré | |||||
| present participle | recouvrant /ʁə.ku.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | recouvré /ʁə.ku.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 | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrez /ʁə.ku.vʁe/ |
recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect | recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrais /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrait /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/ |
recouvraient /ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | recouvrai /ʁə.ku.vʁe/ |
recouvras /ʁə.ku.vʁa/ |
recouvra /ʁə.ku.vʁa/ |
recouvrâmes /ʁə.ku.vʁam/ |
recouvrâtes /ʁə.ku.vʁat/ |
recouvrèrent /ʁə.ku.vʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | recouvrerai /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/ |
recouvreras /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/ |
recouvrera /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/ |
recouvrerons /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrerez /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/ |
recouvreront /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | recouvrerais /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
recouvrerais /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
recouvrerait /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
recouvrerions /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recouvreriez /ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁje/ |
recouvreraient /ʁə.ku.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 | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvres /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
recouvrions /ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
recouvriez /ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/ |
recouvrent /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
recouvrasse /ʁə.ku.vʁas/ |
recouvrasses /ʁə.ku.vʁas/ |
recouvrât /ʁə.ku.vʁa/ |
recouvrassions /ʁə.ku.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
recouvrassiez /ʁə.ku.vʁa.sje/ |
recouvrassent /ʁə.ku.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 | – | |
| — | recouvre /ʁə.kuvʁ/ |
— | recouvrons /ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
recouvrez /ʁə.ku.vʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, infinitive of recuperō.
Verb
recouvrer
- to recover (get back into one's possession)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of recouvrer
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recouvrer | avoir recouvré | |||||
| gerund | en recouvrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | recouvrant | ||||||
| past participle | recouvré | ||||||
| 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 | recouvre | recouvres | recouvre | recouvrons | recouvrez | recouvrent |
| imperfect | recouvrois, recouvroys | recouvrois, recouvroys | recouvroit, recouvroyt | recouvrions, recouvryons | recouvriez, recouvryez | recouvroient, recouvroyent | |
| past historic | recouvra | recouvras | recouvra | recouvrasmes | recouvrastes | recouvrerent | |
| future | recouvrerai, recouvreray | recouvreras | recouvrera | recouvrerons | recouvrerez | recouvreront | |
| conditional | recouvrerois, recouvreroys | recouvrerois, recouvreroys | recouvreroit, recouvreroyt | recouvrerions, recouvreryons | recouvreriez, recouvreryez | recouvreroient, recouvreroyent | |
| 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 | recouvre | recouvres | recouvre | recouvrons | recouvrez | recouvrent |
| imperfect | recouvrasse | recouvrasses | recouvrast | recouvrassions | recouvrassiez | recouvrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | recouvre | — | recouvrons | recouvrez | — | ||