recourber

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ courber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.kuʁ.be/
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Verb

recourber

  1. (transitive) to bend (back), curl

Conjugation

Conjugation of recourber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recourber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recourbant
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recourbé
/ʁə.kuʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recourbe
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbes
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbe
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbons
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɔ̃/ 		recourbez
/ʁə.kuʁ.be/ 		recourbent
/ʁə.kuʁb/
imperfect recourbais
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɛ/ 		recourbais
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɛ/ 		recourbait
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɛ/ 		recourbions
/ʁə.kuʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		recourbiez
/ʁə.kuʁ.bje/ 		recourbaient
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 recourbai
/ʁə.kuʁ.be/ 		recourbas
/ʁə.kuʁ.ba/ 		recourba
/ʁə.kuʁ.ba/ 		recourbâmes
/ʁə.kuʁ.bam/ 		recourbâtes
/ʁə.kuʁ.bat/ 		recourbèrent
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɛʁ/
future recourberai
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		recourberas
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		recourbera
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		recourberons
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ 		recourberez
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		recourberont
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional recourberais
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		recourberais
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		recourberait
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		recourberions
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		recourberiez
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.ʁje/ 		recourberaient
/ʁə.kuʁ.bə.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 recourbe
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbes
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbe
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		recourbions
/ʁə.kuʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		recourbiez
/ʁə.kuʁ.bje/ 		recourbent
/ʁə.kuʁb/
imperfect2 recourbasse
/ʁə.kuʁ.bas/ 		recourbasses
/ʁə.kuʁ.bas/ 		recourbât
/ʁə.kuʁ.ba/ 		recourbassions
/ʁə.kuʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		recourbassiez
/ʁə.kuʁ.ba.sje/ 		recourbassent
/ʁə.kuʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recourbe
/ʁə.kuʁb/ 		— recourbons
/ʁə.kuʁ.bɔ̃/ 		recourbez
/ʁə.kuʁ.be/ 		—
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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