couver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cubāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

couver

  1. to brood (an egg)
  2. (figuratively) to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle
  3. (figuratively) to plot, hatch, scheme

Conjugation

Conjugation of couver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple couvant
/ku.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couvé
/ku.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present couve
/kuv/ 		couves
/kuv/ 		couve
/kuv/ 		couvons
/ku.vɔ̃/ 		couvez
/ku.ve/ 		couvent
/kuv/
imperfect couvais
/ku.vɛ/ 		couvais
/ku.vɛ/ 		couvait
/ku.vɛ/ 		couvions
/ku.vjɔ̃/ 		couviez
/ku.vje/ 		couvaient
/ku.vɛ/
past historic2 couvai
/ku.ve/ 		couvas
/ku.va/ 		couva
/ku.va/ 		couvâmes
/ku.vam/ 		couvâtes
/ku.vat/ 		couvèrent
/ku.vɛʁ/
future couverai
/ku.vʁe/ 		couveras
/ku.vʁa/ 		couvera
/ku.vʁa/ 		couverons
/ku.vʁɔ̃/ 		couverez
/ku.vʁe/ 		couveront
/ku.vʁɔ̃/
conditional couverais
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couverais
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couverait
/ku.vʁɛ/ 		couverions
/ku.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		couveriez
/ku.və.ʁje/ 		couveraient
/ku.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present couve
/kuv/ 		couves
/kuv/ 		couve
/kuv/ 		couvions
/ku.vjɔ̃/ 		couviez
/ku.vje/ 		couvent
/kuv/
imperfect2 couvasse
/ku.vas/ 		couvasses
/ku.vas/ 		couvât
/ku.va/ 		couvassions
/ku.va.sjɔ̃/ 		couvassiez
/ku.va.sje/ 		couvassent
/ku.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — couve
/kuv/ 		— couvons
/ku.vɔ̃/ 		couvez
/ku.ve/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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