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louer
louer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.e/, /lwe/
- Rhymes: -we, -e
Etymology 1
From Old French, from Latin locāre, present active infinitive of locō.
Verb
louer
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle French louer, from Old French, from Latin laudāre, present active infinitive of laudō.
Verb
louer
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of louer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | louer | avoir loué | |||||
| gerund | en louant | en ayant loué | |||||
| present participle | louant /lwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | loué /lwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | loue /lu/ |
loues /lu/ |
loue /lu/ |
louons /lwɔ̃/ |
louez /lwe/ |
louent /lu/ |
| imperfect | louais /lwɛ/ |
louais /lwɛ/ |
louait /lwɛ/ |
louions /lu.jɔ̃/ |
louiez /lu.je/ |
louaient /lwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | louai /lwe/ |
louas /lwa/ |
loua /lwa/ |
louâmes /lwam/ |
louâtes /lwat/ |
louèrent /lwɛʁ/ |
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| future | louerai /lu.ʁe/ |
loueras /lu.ʁa/ |
louera /lu.ʁa/ |
louerons /lu.ʁɔ̃/ |
louerez /lu.ʁe/ |
loueront /lu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | louerais /lu.ʁɛ/ |
louerais /lu.ʁɛ/ |
louerait /lu.ʁɛ/ |
louerions /lu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
loueriez /lu.ʁje/ |
loueraient /lu.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | loue /lu/ |
loues /lu/ |
loue /lu/ |
louions /lu.jɔ̃/ |
louiez /lu.je/ |
louent /lu/ |
| imperfect1 |
louasse /lwas/ |
louasses /lwas/ |
louât /lwa/ |
louassions /lwa.sjɔ̃/ |
louassiez /lwa.sje/ |
louassent /lwas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | loue /lu/ |
— | louons /lwɔ̃/ |
louez /lwe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin laudō, laudāre.
Verb
louer
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of louer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | louer | avoir loué | |||||
| gerund | en louant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | louant | ||||||
| past participle | loué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | loue | loues | loue | louons | louez | louent |
| imperfect | louois, louoys | louois, louoys | louoit, louoyt | louions, louyons | louiez, louyez | louoient, louoyent | |
| past historic | loua | louas | loua | louasmes | louastes | louerent | |
| future | louerai, loueray | loueras | louera | louerons | louerez | loueront | |
| conditional | louerois, loueroys | louerois, loueroys | loueroit, loueroyt | louerions, loueryons | loueriez, loueryez | loueroient, loueroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | loue | loues | loue | louons | louez | louent |
| imperfect | louasse | louasses | louast | louassions | louassiez | louassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | loue | — | louons | louez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: louer