improuver

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

improuver

1. to disapprove
2. to blame
3. (Louisiana) to improve

Conjugation

Conjugation of improuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	improuver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	improuvant /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		improuvé /ɛ̃.pʁu.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	improuve /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuves /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuve /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuvons /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɔ̃/	improuvez /ɛ̃.pʁu.ve/	improuvent /ɛ̃.pʁuv/
	imperfect	improuvais /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɛ/	improuvais /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɛ/	improuvait /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɛ/	improuvions /ɛ̃.pʁu.vjɔ̃/	improuviez /ɛ̃.pʁu.vje/	improuvaient /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɛ/
	past historic2	improuvai /ɛ̃.pʁu.ve/	improuvas /ɛ̃.pʁu.va/	improuva /ɛ̃.pʁu.va/	improuvâmes /ɛ̃.pʁu.vam/	improuvâtes /ɛ̃.pʁu.vat/	improuvèrent /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɛʁ/
	future	improuverai /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁe/	improuveras /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁa/	improuvera /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁa/	improuverons /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/	improuverez /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁe/	improuveront /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	improuverais /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁɛ/	improuverais /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁɛ/	improuverait /ɛ̃.pʁu.vʁɛ/	improuverions /ɛ̃.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/	improuveriez /ɛ̃.pʁu.və.ʁje/	improuveraient /ɛ̃.pʁu.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	improuve /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuves /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuve /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	improuvions /ɛ̃.pʁu.vjɔ̃/	improuviez /ɛ̃.pʁu.vje/	improuvent /ɛ̃.pʁuv/
	imperfect2	improuvasse /ɛ̃.pʁu.vas/	improuvasses /ɛ̃.pʁu.vas/	improuvât /ɛ̃.pʁu.va/	improuvassions /ɛ̃.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/	improuvassiez /ɛ̃.pʁu.va.sje/	improuvassent /ɛ̃.pʁu.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	improuve /ɛ̃.pʁuv/	—	improuvons /ɛ̃.pʁu.vɔ̃/	improuvez /ɛ̃.pʁu.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).

Further reading

• “improuver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.