sevrer
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French sevrer, inherited from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, apophonic form of Latin sēparāre. Doublet of séparer, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sevrer
- to wean
- Sevrer son tout-petit, c’est grandir et devenir mère dans la réalité quotidienne.[1]
- To wean your little one is to grow up and become a mother in everyday life.
Conjugation
[edit]This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il sèvre and the third-person singular future indicative il sèvrera.
infinitive | simple | sevrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sevrant /sə.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sevré /sə.vʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvres /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
sevrez /sə.vʁe/ |
sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
imperfect | sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrais /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrait /sə.vʁɛ/ |
sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ |
sevraient /sə.vʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sevrai /sə.vʁe/ |
sevras /sə.vʁa/ |
sevra /sə.vʁa/ |
sevrâmes /sə.vʁam/ |
sevrâtes /sə.vʁat/ |
sevrèrent /sə.vʁɛʁ/ | |
future | sèvrerai /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ or /se.vʁə.ʁe/ |
sèvreras /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ or /se.vʁə.ʁa/ |
sèvrera /sɛ.vʁə.ʁa/ or /se.vʁə.ʁa/ |
sèvrerons /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /se.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sèvrerez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁe/ or /se.vʁə.ʁe/ |
sèvreront /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /se.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or /se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerais /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or /se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerait /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or /se.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sèvrerions /sɛ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /se.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sèvreriez /sɛ.vʁə.ʁje/ or /se.vʁə.ʁje/ |
sèvreraient /sɛ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ or /se.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 | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvres /sɛvʁ/ |
sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
sevrions /sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sevriez /sə.vʁi.je/ |
sèvrent /sɛvʁ/ |
imperfect2 | sevrasse /sə.vʁas/ |
sevrasses /sə.vʁas/ |
sevrât /sə.vʁa/ |
sevrassions /sə.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
sevrassiez /sə.vʁa.sje/ |
sevrassent /sə.vʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sèvre /sɛvʁ/ |
— | sevrons /sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
sevrez /sə.vʁe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sevrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, apophonic form of Latin sēparāre.
Verb
[edit]sevrer
Conjugation
[edit]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. This verb has a stressed present stem soivr distinct from the unstressed stem sevr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sevrer | avoir sevré | |||||
gerund | en sevrant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | sevrant | ||||||
past participle | sevré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
imperfect | sevroie, sevreie, sevroe, sevreve | sevroies, sevreies, sevroes, sevreves | sevroit, sevreit, sevrot, sevreve | sevriiens, sevriens | sevriiez, sevriez | sevroient, sevreient, sevroent, sevrevent | |
preterite | sevrai | sevras | sevra | sevrames | sevrastes | sevrerent | |
future | sevrerai | sevreras | sevrera | sevrerons | sevreroiz, sevrereiz, sevrerez | sevreront | |
conditional | sevreroie, sevrereie | sevreroies, sevrereies | sevreroit, sevrereit | sevreriiens, sevreriens | sevreriiez, sevreriez | sevreroient, sevrereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | soivre | soivres | soivre | sevrons | sevrez | soivrent |
imperfect | sevrasse | sevrasses | sevrast | sevrissons, sevrissiens | sevrissoiz, sevrissez, sevrissiez | sevrassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | soivre | — | sevrons | sevrez | — |
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