ouïr
See also: ouir
French
Etymology
From Middle French ouyr, ouïr, from Old French oir, from Latin audiō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiʁ/
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Conjugation
The forms beginning with oi-, oy-, or orr- are archaic.
Conjugation of ouïr (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | ouïssant or oyant /wi.sɑ̃/ or /ɔ.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | ouï /wi/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | ouïr | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | ouïssant or oyant /wi.sɑ̃/ or /ɔ.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | ouïs or ois /wi/ or /wa/ |
ouïs or ois /wi/ or /wa/ |
ouït or oit /wi/ or /wa/ |
ouïssons or oyons /wi.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.jɔ̃/ |
ouïssez or oyez /wi.se/ or /ɔ.je/ |
ouïssent or oient /wis/ or /wa/ |
| imperfect | ouïssais or oyais /wi.sɛ/ or /ɔ.jɛ/ |
ouïssais or oyais /wi.sɛ/ or /ɔ.jɛ/ |
ouïssait or oyait /wi.sɛ/ or /ɔ.jɛ/ |
ouïssions or oyions /wi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔj.jɔ̃/ |
ouïssiez or oyiez /wi.sje/ or /ɔj.je/ |
ouïssaient or oyaient /wi.sɛ/ or /ɔ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ouïs /wi/ |
ouïs /wi/ |
ouït /wi/ |
ouïmes /wim/ |
ouïtes /wit/ |
ouïrent /wiʁ/ | |
| future | ouïrai or oirai or orrai /wi.ʁe/ or /wa.ʁe/ or /ɔ.ʁe/ |
ouïras or oiras or orras /wi.ʁa/ or /wa.ʁa/ or /ɔ.ʁa/ |
ouïra or oira or orra /wi.ʁa/ or /wa.ʁa/ or /ɔ.ʁa/ |
ouïrons or oirons or orrons /wi.ʁɔ̃/ or /wa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
ouïrez or oirez or orrez /wi.ʁe/ or /wa.ʁe/ or /ɔ.ʁe/ |
ouïront or oiront or orront /wi.ʁɔ̃/ or /wa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ouïrais or oirais or orrais /wi.ʁɛ/ or /wa.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.ʁɛ/ |
ouïrais or oirais or orrais /wi.ʁɛ/ or /wa.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.ʁɛ/ |
ouïrait or oirait or orrait /wi.ʁɛ/ or /wa.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.ʁɛ/ |
ouïrions or oirions or orrions /wi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /wa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ouïriez or oiriez or orriez /wi.ʁje/ or /wa.ʁje/ or /ɔ.ʁje/ |
ouïraient or oiraient or orraient /wi.ʁɛ/ or /wa.ʁɛ/ or /ɔ.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 | ouïsse or oie /wis/ or /wa/ |
ouïsses or oies /wis/ or /wa/ |
ouïsse or oie /wis/ or /wa/ |
ouïssions or oyions /wi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɔj.jɔ̃/ |
ouïssiez or oyiez /wi.sje/ or /ɔj.je/ |
ouïssent or oient /wis/ or /wa/ |
| imperfect2 | ouïsse /wis/ |
ouïsses /wis/ |
ouït /wi/ |
ouïssions /wi.sjɔ̃/ |
ouïssiez /wi.sje/ |
ouïssent /wis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ouïs or ois /wi/ or /wa/ |
— | ouïssons or oyons /wi.sɔ̃/ or /ɔ.jɔ̃/ |
ouïssez or oyez /wi.se/ or /ɔ.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ouïr” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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