livrer
French
Etymology
From Old French livrer, inherited from Latin līberāre, present active infinitive of līberō. Doublet of libérer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.vʁe/
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Verb
livrer
- to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
- to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
- to betray
- 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)
Conjugation
Conjugation of livrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | livrant /li.vʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | livré /li.vʁe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | livrer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | livrant /li.vʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | livrai /li.vʁe/ |
livras /li.vʁa/ |
livra /li.vʁa/ |
livrâmes /li.vʁam/ |
livrâtes /li.vʁat/ |
livrèrent /li.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | livre /livʁ/ |
livres /livʁ/ |
livre /livʁ/ |
livrions /li.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
livriez /li.vʁi.je/ |
livrent /livʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | livrasse /li.vʁas/ |
livrasses /li.vʁas/ |
livrât /li.vʁa/ |
livrassions /li.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
livrassiez /li.vʁa.sje/ |
livrassent /li.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | livre /livʁ/ |
— | livrons /li.vʁɔ̃/ |
livrez /li.vʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “livrer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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 | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: livrer
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