recouvrer

French

Etymology

From Middle French recouvrer, from Old French recovrer, inherited from Latin recuperāre, present active infinitive of recuperō. Doublet of récupérer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ku.vʁe/

Verb

recouvrer

  1. (transitive, formal) to recover (get back into one's possession)
    recouvrer la santé ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation
Conjugation of recouvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle recouvrant
/ʁə.ku.vʁɑ̃/
past participle recouvré
/ʁə.ku.vʁe/
infinitive
simple recouvrer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple recouvrant
/ʁə.ku.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 recouvre
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvres
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvre
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvrons
/ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/		 recouvrez
/ʁə.ku.vʁe/		 recouvrent
/ʁə.kuvʁ/
imperfect recouvrais
/ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/		 recouvrais
/ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/		 recouvrait
/ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/		 recouvrions
/ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 recouvriez
/ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/		 recouvraient
/ʁə.ku.vʁɛ/
past historic2 recouvrai
/ʁə.ku.vʁe/		 recouvras
/ʁə.ku.vʁa/		 recouvra
/ʁə.ku.vʁa/		 recouvrâmes
/ʁə.ku.vʁam/		 recouvrâtes
/ʁə.ku.vʁat/		 recouvrèrent
/ʁə.ku.vʁɛʁ/
future recouvrerai
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/		 recouvreras
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/		 recouvrera
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁa/		 recouvrerons
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 recouvrerez
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁe/		 recouvreront
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional recouvrerais
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 recouvrerais
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 recouvrerait
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁɛ/		 recouvrerions
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 recouvreriez
/ʁə.ku.vʁə.ʁje/		 recouvreraient
/ʁə.ku.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 recouvre
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvres
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvre
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 recouvrions
/ʁə.ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 recouvriez
/ʁə.ku.vʁi.je/		 recouvrent
/ʁə.kuvʁ/
imperfect2 recouvrasse
/ʁə.ku.vʁas/		 recouvrasses
/ʁə.ku.vʁas/		 recouvrât
/ʁə.ku.vʁa/		 recouvrassions
/ʁə.ku.vʁa.sjɔ̃/		 recouvrassiez
/ʁə.ku.vʁa.sje/		 recouvrassent
/ʁə.ku.vʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recouvre
/ʁə.kuvʁ/		 — recouvrons
/ʁə.ku.vʁɔ̃/		 recouvrez
/ʁə.ku.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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, infinitive of recuperō.

Verb

recouvrer

  1. to recover (get back into one's possession)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of recouvrer
simple compound
infinitive recouvrer avoir recouvré
gerund en recouvrant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle recouvrant
past participle recouvré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present recouvre recouvres recouvre recouvrons recouvrez recouvrent
imperfect recouvrois, recouvroys recouvrois, recouvroys recouvroit, recouvroyt recouvrions, recouvryons recouvriez, recouvryez recouvroient, recouvroyent
past historic recouvra recouvras recouvra recouvrasmes recouvrastes recouvrerent
future recouvrerai, recouvreray recouvreras recouvrera recouvrerons recouvrerez recouvreront
conditional recouvrerois, recouvreroys recouvrerois, recouvreroys recouvreroit, recouvreroyt recouvrerions, recouvreryons recouvreriez, recouvreryez recouvreroient, recouvreroyent
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 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present recouvre recouvres recouvre recouvrons recouvrez recouvrent
imperfect recouvrasse recouvrasses recouvrast recouvrassions recouvrassiez recouvrassent
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 – nous vous –
— recouvre — recouvrons recouvrez —

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