recouvrer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French recouvrer, from Old French recovrer, inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of récupérer, which was borrowed from Latin.

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

recouvrer

  1. (transitive, formal) to recover (get back into one's possession)
    recouvrer la santé ― recover health

Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with recouvrir (“to cover up”)

Conjugation
Conjugation of recouvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recouvrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recouvrant
/ʁə.ku.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recouvré
/ʁə.ku.vʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre.

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
infinitive simple recouvrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple recouvrant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle recouvré
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recouvre — recouvrons recouvrez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: recouvrer
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