sourire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soubrire (silent b), from Old French sorrirre, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.ʁiʁ/
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  • Homophones: sourirent, sourires
  • Hyphenation: sou‧rire

Noun

sourire m (plural sourires)

  1. smile

Verb

sourire

  1. to smile

Conjugation
Conjugation of sourire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sourire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple souriant
/su.ʁjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle souri
/su.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present souris
/su.ʁi/		 souris
/su.ʁi/		 sourit
/su.ʁi/		 sourions
/su.ʁjɔ̃/		 souriez
/su.ʁje/		 sourient
/su.ʁi/
imperfect souriais
/su.ʁjɛ/		 souriais
/su.ʁjɛ/		 souriait
/su.ʁjɛ/		 souriions
/su.ʁi.jɔ̃/		 souriiez
/su.ʁi.je/		 souriaient
/su.ʁjɛ/
past historic2 souris
/su.ʁi/		 souris
/su.ʁi/		 sourit
/su.ʁi/		 sourîmes
/su.ʁim/		 sourîtes
/su.ʁit/		 sourirent
/su.ʁiʁ/
future sourirai
/su.ʁi.ʁe/		 souriras
/su.ʁi.ʁa/		 sourira
/su.ʁi.ʁa/		 sourirons
/su.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 sourirez
/su.ʁi.ʁe/		 souriront
/su.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sourirais
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 sourirais
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 sourirait
/su.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 souririons
/su.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 souririez
/su.ʁi.ʁje/		 souriraient
/su.ʁi.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 sourie
/su.ʁi/		 souries
/su.ʁi/		 sourie
/su.ʁi/		 souriions
/su.ʁi.jɔ̃/		 souriiez
/su.ʁi.je/		 sourient
/su.ʁi/
imperfect2 sourisse
/su.ʁis/		 sourisses
/su.ʁis/		 sourît
/su.ʁi/		 sourissions
/su.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 sourissiez
/su.ʁi.sje/		 sourissent
/su.ʁis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — souris
/su.ʁi/		 — sourions
/su.ʁjɔ̃/		 souriez
/su.ʁje/		 —
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).

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