Definify.com
Definition 2025
sevrer
sevrer
French
Verb
sevrer
- to wean
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il sèvre rather than *il sevre. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of sevrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sevrer | avoir sevré | |||||
| gerund | en sevrant | en ayant sevré | |||||
| present participle | sevrant /sə.vʁɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | sevré /sə.vʁe/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvres /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
sevrez /sə.vʁe/ |
sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
| imperfect | sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrait /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ |
sevraient /sə.vʁɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | sevrai /sə.vʁe/ |
sevras /sə.vʁa/ |
sevra /sə.vʁa/ |
sevrâmes /sə.vʁam/ |
sevrâtes /sə.vʁat/ |
sevrèrent /sə.vʁɛʁ/ |
|
| future | sèvrerai /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ |
sèvreras /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ |
sèvrera /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ |
sèvrerons /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sèvrerez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ |
sèvreront /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerait /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerions /sɛ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sèvreriez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁje/ |
sèvreraient /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvres /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ |
sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
sevrasse /sə.vʁas/ |
sevrasses /sə.vʁas/ |
sevrât /sə.vʁa/ |
sevrassions /sə.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
sevrassiez /sə.vʁa.sje/ |
sevrassent /sə.vʁas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
— | sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
sevrez /sə.vʁe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin sēparāre, present active infinitive of sēparō.
Verb
sevrer
- to separate
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 144 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 1632:
-
que sun cors puise de mei sevrer
- that his body may be able to separate from me
-
que sun cors puise de mei sevrer
-
- to sever (to separate by cutting)
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. This verb has a stressed present stem soivr distinct from the unstressed stem sevr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of sevrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sevrer | avoir sevré | |||||
| gerund | en sevrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | sevrant | ||||||
| past participle | sevré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
| imperfect | sevroie, sevreie, sevroe, sevreve | sevroies, sevreies, sevroes, sevreves | sevroit, sevreit, sevrot, sevreve | sevriiens, sevriens | sevriiez, sevriez | sevroient, sevreient, sevroent, sevrevent | |
| preterite | sevrai | sevras | sevra | sevrames | sevrastes | sevrerent | |
| future | sevrerai | sevreras | sevrera | sevrerons | sevreroiz, sevrereiz, sevrerez | sevreront | |
| conditional | sevreroie, sevrereie | sevreroies, sevrereies | sevreroit, sevrereit | sevreriiens, sevreriens | sevreriiez, sevreriez | sevreroient, sevrereient | |
| 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 | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
| imperfect | sevrasse | sevrasses | sevrast | sevrissons, sevrissiens | sevrissoiz, sevrissez, sevrissiez | sevrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | soivre | — | sevrons | sevrez | — | ||