plovoir

Old French

Alternative forms

• pluveir (archaic)
• plover

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plovere (with a change in conjugation to *plovēre), from Classical Latin pluere.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /pluˈvei̯ɾ/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /pluˈvoi̯ɾ/
• (late) IPA^(key): /pluˈvo̯ɛɾ/

Verb

plovoir

1. to rain
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De saint Esglise:

     Ne face Diex sor vous plovoir

     May god not make it rain on you

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pluev distinct from the unstressed stem plov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		plovoir			avoir pleü
gerund		en plovant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		plovant
past participle		pleü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	—	—	pluet	—	—	pluevent
	imperfect	—	—	plovoit, ploveit	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	plut	—	—	—
	future	—	—	plovra	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	plovroit, plovreit	—	—	—
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	—	—	plueve	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	pleüst	—	—	—
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—

    Conjugation of plovoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Related terms

• pluie

Descendants

• French: pleuvoir