pourvoir

French

Etymology

From Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir (whence English purvey), from Latin prōvideō (whence English provide), from prō- +‎ videō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /puʁ.vwaʁ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

pourvoir

  1. (transitive) to equip, provide, endow (someone de with)
  2. (transitive) to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
  3. (intransitive) to provide (à for)
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to provide oneself (de with)
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, law) to appeal (en to)

Conjugation

Pourvoir and its derived verbs conjugate like voir, except that their past historic indicative and imperfect subjunctive are in -vu- instead of -vi-.

Conjugation of pourvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle pourvoyant
/puʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/
past participle pourvu
/puʁ.vy/
infinitive
simple pourvoir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple pourvoyant
/puʁ.vwa.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 pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoit
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.je/		 pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyais
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyait
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/		 pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/		 pourvoyaient
/puʁ.vwa.jɛ/
past historic2 pourvus
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvus
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvut
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvûmes
/puʁ.vym/		 pourvûtes
/puʁ.vyt/		 pourvurent
/puʁ.vyʁ/
future pourvoirai
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/		 pourvoiras
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/		 pourvoira
/puʁ.vwa.ʁa/		 pourvoirons
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/		 pourvoirez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁe/		 pourvoiront
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirais
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirait
/puʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/		 pourvoirions
/puʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 pourvoiriez
/puʁ.vwa.ʁje/		 pourvoiraient
/puʁ.vwa.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 pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoies
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoie
/puʁ.vwa/		 pourvoyions
/puʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyiez
/puʁ.vwaj.je/		 pourvoient
/puʁ.vwa/
imperfect2 pourvusse
/puʁ.vys/		 pourvusses
/puʁ.vys/		 pourvût
/puʁ.vy/		 pourvussions
/puʁ.vy.sjɔ̃/		 pourvussiez
/puʁ.vy.sje/		 pourvussent
/puʁ.vys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pourvois
/puʁ.vwa/		 — pourvoyons
/puʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/		 pourvoyez
/puʁ.vwa.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).

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