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vouloir
The verb vouloir has its own conjugation pattern.
revoir | entrevoir | ramentevoir
The verb voir and its derivatives follow this model except for pourvoir and prévoir.
revivre
The verb vivre and its derivatives follow this model except for survivre.
revêtir | dévêtir
The verb vêtir and its derivatives (dévêtir, revêtir, survêtir) follow this model.
verglacer
The impersonal verb verglacer follows the pattern of commencer.
grêler | bruiner | brouillasser | brumasser | brumer
Impersonal verbs are only used in 3rd person singular (preceded by pronoun "il": il pleut). This is the case of verbs: brouillasser, bruiner, brumasser, brumer, crachiner, dracher, gouttiner, grêler, neiger (and its derivatives), neigeoter, pleuvasser, pleuviner, pleuvioter, pleuvoter, pluvioter, pluviner, vaser, venter, verglacer. In the sense "to rain", the verb flotter is only used in 3rd person singular: il flotte. The same is true for glacer in the sense of "freeze" (il glace) and grésiller in the sense "it's hailing".
équivaloir
The verb valoir and its derivatives follow this model except for the verb prévaloir.
convaincre
The verb vaincre and its derivatives follow this model.
urger
The verb urger is only used in 3rd person singular and plural (il urge, ils urgent), present participle (urgeant) and past participle (urgé).
extraire | soustraire | distraire | abstraire | attraire
The verbs following this model (raire, traire, abstraire, distraire, extraire, soustraire) don’t have simple past and imperfect subjunctive forms.
obtenir | maintenir | soutenir | prévenir | devenir
Verb tenir and its derivatives follow this model (verbs ending in -enir).
taire
The verb taire and its derivatives follow this model.
survivre
The verb survivre has its own conjugation pattern.
surseoir
The verb surseoir has its own conjugation pattern.
poursuivre | s'entre-suivre
The verb suivre and its derivatives follow this model except for s'ensuivre that is only used in a few specific forms.
suffire
The verbs circoncire, suffire and confire are very similar except for their past participles : circoncis/circoncise, suffi and confit/confite.
stupéfaire
The verb stupéfaire is only used in 3rd person singular of indicative present and compound tenses and in past participle.
sourdre
The verb sourdre is only used in 3rd person: il sourd, ils sourdent.
sevrer
Verbs ending in -evrer have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : sevrer / il sèvre, il sèvrera, il sèvrerait.
desservir | resservir
The verb servir and its derivatives follow this model except for asservir that follows the regular pattern of finir : il sert but il asservit.
seoir
The verb seoir is only used in 3rd person of indicative present, imperfect, future, subjunctive present and conditional present.
parsemer | sursemer | clairsemer | resemer | ressemer
Verbs ending in -emer have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : semer / il sème, il sèmera, il sèmerait.
lécher | pécher | assécher | dessécher | crécher
Verbs ending in -écher have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : sécher / il sèche but il séchera, il sécherait.
resavoir
The verb savoir and its derivatives follow this model.
interrompre | corrompre | dérompre
The verb rompre and its derivatives follow this model.
sourire
The verb rire and its derivatives follow this model. Their past participles are invariable.
corréler | héler | recéler | anhéler | bréler
Verbs ending in -éler have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : révéler / il révèle but il révélera, il révélerait.
revaloir
The verb revaloir is only used in infinitive, futur simple (je revaudrai) and conditional present (je revaudrais).
soudre
The verb résoudre has its own conjugation pattern.
compléter | refléter | interpréter | inquiéter | empiéter
Verbs ending in -éter have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms): répéter / il répète but il répétera, il répéterait.
imprégner
Verbs ending in -égner have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : régner / il règne but il régnera, il régnerait.
prérégler | dérégler
Verbs ending in -égler have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : régler / il règle but il réglera, il réglerait.
recroître
The verb recroître differs from croître by the circumflex accent appearing in other forms, for example: recrû, recrûs, recrûe, recrûes and crû, crus, crue, crues but je recrois, je recrus and je croîs, je crûs...
concevoir | percevoir | décevoir | apercevoir | reconcevoir
Verb recevoir has its own conjugation pattern.
écéper | étréper
Verbs ending in -éper have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : receper / il recèpe but il recépera, il recéperait.
receper
Verbs ending in -eper have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : receper / il recèpe, il recèpera, il recèperait.
rapiécer
Verbs ending in -écer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : rapiécer / il rapièce but il rapiécera, il rapiécerait. Like the verbs similar to commencer, the verbs that follow this model have an alteration c -> ç before the vowels "a" and o : il rapiéçait, nous rapiéçons.
alléger | piéger | siéger | agréger | abréger
Verbs ending in -éger have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional) : protéger / il protège but il protégera, il protégerait. Just like the verbs similar to manger, the verbs following this pattern keep the "e" after "g" if they it is followed by vowels "a" or "o": il protégeait, nous protégeons.
mener | amener | ramener | emmener | engrener
Verbs ending in -ener have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : promener / il promène, il promènera, il promènerait.
prévoir
The verb prévoir has its own conjugation pattern.
prévaloir
The verb prévaloir has its own conjugation pattern.
comprendre | apprendre | entreprendre | reprendre | surprendre
The verb prendre and its derivatives follow this model.
pouvoir
Pouvoir has its own conjugation pattern. The variant "puis" (1st person singular of indicative present) is used in questions: Puis-je vous aider? This form can also be used in affirmative and negative sentences in some context: je puis venir, je ne puis vous dire. The verb se pouvoir is only used as an impersonal verb in 3rd peson: il se peut.
dépourvoir | repourvoir
The verb pourvoir and its derivatives follow this model.
pleuvoir
The verb pleuvoir is mainly used as an impersonal verb in 3rd person singular: il pleut. But it can also play the role of an intransitive verb in expressions: for example, "les critiques pleuvent" ("the criticism showers down").
déplaire | complaire
The verbs plaire, déplaire, complaire has a circumflex accent on "i" in 3rd person singular of indicative present: il plaît, il déplaît. However, the regular "i" is allowed: il plait, il déplait. Their past participles are invariable: plait, déplait.
soupeser | repeser | empeser | contre-peser | désempeser
Verbs ending in -eser have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : peser / il pèse, il pèsera, il pèserait.
paramétrer | perpétrer | chronométrer | s'interpénétrer | compénétrer
Verbs ending in -étrer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : pénétrer / il pénètre but il pénétrera, il pénétrerait.
déceler | geler | démanteler | harceler | modeler
Verbs ending in -eler of the model peler have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : il cisèle, il cisèlera, il cisèlerait. This is the case of: celer (and its derivatives), ciseler, démanteler, écarteler, s'encasteler, geler (and its derivatives), harceler, marteler, peler, modeler. Regular verbs in -eler follow the pattern of appeler (doubling of the consonant l -> ll before a silent "e" : il appelle).
parfaire
The verb parfaire is mostly used in infinitive, past participle and compound tenses.
paître
The verb paître has its own conjugation pattern. It is not used in compound tenses. Repaître follows the regular pattern of verbs ending in -aître.
offrir | découvrir | couvrir | souffrir | recouvrir
The verbs ouvrir, couvrir, offrir, souffrir and their derivatives follow this model (verbs ending in -ouvrir and -frir).
ouïr
The verb ouïr is mostly used in past participle and compound tenses.
occire
The verb occire is only used in infinitive, compound tenses and past participle.
luire | reluire | entre-luire | s'entre-nuire
The verbs nuire and luire (and their derivatives) have invariable past participle.
déneiger | enneiger | reneiger
Impersonal verb of the 1st group.
renaître
The verb naître and its derivatives follow this model. Renaître is rarely used in past participle and compound forms.
mouvoir
The verb mouvoir and its derivatives follow this model except for the verbs émouvoir and promouvoir.
mourir
The verb mourir and its derivatives follow this model. The verb se mourir is only used in indicative present and imperfect and in present participle (se mourant).
émoudre | remoudre | rémoudre
The verb moudre and its derivatives follow this model.
permettre | transmettre | soumettre | émettre | admettre
Verbs ending in -andtre follow this model.
messeoir
The verb messeoir is only used in 3rd person present, in imperfect and future simple of indicative and subjunctive, in conditional present and in present and past participle.
sortir | sentir | partir | ressentir | consentir
The verbs mentir, sentir and their derivatives follow this model. The verb sortir follows the pattern of mentir but can be conjugated with two auxiliaries être and avoir in compound forms: il est sorti (intransitive) / il a sorti le bois (transitive). In legal context the verberb sortir follows the pattern of finir and can be only used in 3rd person: il sortissait.
maudire
Although ending in -ire, the verb maudire is conjugated according to the regular pattern of finir except for its past participle in -it, -ite: maudit, maudits, maudite, maudites.
améliorer | utiliser | aider | assurer | créer
The regular verbs of the 1st group follow this conjugation model (verbs ending in -er). Verbs ending in -ayer follow at the same time this model (il balaye) and the model of balayer (il balaie)
changer | encourager | partager | télécharger | envisager
Verbs ending in -ger keep the "e" after "g" if they it is followed by vowels "a" or "o": il mangeait, nous mangeons.
fosserer
Verbs ending in -erer have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : liserer / il lisère, il lisèrera, il lisèrerait.
élire | relire | réélire
The verb lire and its derivatives follow this model.
relever | enlever | achever | élever | soulever
Verbs ending in -ever have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : lever / il lève, il lèvera, il lèverait.
aléser | bléser | égréser | gréser | réaléser
Verbs ending in -éser have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : léser / il lèse but il lésera, il léserait.
déléguer | reléguer | alléguer | subdéléguer | ségréguer
Verbs ending in -éguer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : léguer / il lègue but il léguera, il léguerait.
rejeter | projeter | étiqueter | breveter | déchiqueter
Verbs ending in -ander from the model jander follow the general rule prescribing to double the consonnant t -> tt before a silent "e" : il jandte. However, spelling reform of 1990 allows the variation silent e -> è except for jander and its derivatives. A small number of verbs ending in -ander do not double the consonnant and follow the pattern of achander (alteration silent e -> è: il achète, il achètera, il achèterait). The verb moufander is only used in infinitive and compound forms (il a moufandé).
issir
The verb issir is only used in past participle in the fixed phrase "être issu de".
prédire | contredire | médire | dédire
The verbs interdire, contredire, dédire, médire and prédire follow the pattern of dire except for the 2nd person plural of indicative present and imperative: vous dites but vous médisez.
réintégrer | désintégrer
Verbs ending in -égrer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : intégrer / il intègre but il intégrera, il intégrerait.
résulter
The verbs incomber and résulter are only used in 3rd person singular and plural (il incombe, ils incombent), present participle (incombant) and past participle (incombé).
occlure
The verbs inclure and occlure follow this model.
impartir
The verb impartir is only used in infinitive, present and past participle, indicative present and compound tenses.
disséquer | déféquer | réséquer | béquer | déshypothéquer
Verbs ending in -équer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : hypothéquer / il hypothèque but il hypothéquera, il hypothéquerait.
huir
The verb huir is only used in infinitive, present and past participle, indicative present and past.
s'entre-haïr
The verb haïr and its derivatives follow this model.The diaeresis on the "i" disappears in 3rd person singular of indicative present : je hais, tu hais, il hait and in singular in imperative: hait.
gésir
The verb gésir is only used in present participle, indicative present and imperfect forms.
s'enfuir | refuir
The verb fuir and its derivatives follow this model.
frire
The verb frire is only used in infinitive, past participle, singular of indicative present and imperative, in future, conditional and compound tenses,
se contrefoutre
The verb foutre and its derivatives are not used in indicative past simple and passé antérieur (pluperfect), nor in subjunctive imperfect and past perfect.
surfaire
The verbs forfaire and surfaire are only used in infinitive, singular of indicative present, past participle and compound tenses.
refleurir | défleurir | effleurir
The verb fleurir has two conjugation variants in present participle and indicative imperfect: - fleurissant, fleurissait… in a sense "to be in bloom", - florissant, florissait… in a sense "prosper".
fournir | garantir | établir | définir | choisir
The regular verbs of the 2nd group follow this model (verbs ending in -ir with present participle in -issant). Verb s'agir is used in 3rd person singular only (impersonal) : il s'agit. The verb bénir has two different sands of past participle forms: béni, bénis, bénie, bénies (elle est bénie) and bénit, bénits, bénite, bénites (used mainly as adjectives - eau bénite). The verb rassir is mainly used in infinitive and past participle which does not follow the pattern of finir: rassi, rassis, rassie, rassies
falloir
The verb falloir has its own conjugation pattern and is only used in 3rd person singular: il faut, il fallait, il a fallu.
satisfaire | refaire | défaire | contrefaire | redéfaire
The verb faire and its derivatives follow this model except for the verbs forfaire, surfaire, parfaire and stupéfaire that are only used in a few specific forms.
faillir
exécrer
Verbs ending in -écrer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : exécrer / il exècre but il exécrera, il exécrerait.
être
Auxiliary verb être has its own conjugation pattern
renvoyer | réenvoyer
The verbs envoyer and renvoyer differ from other verbs in -yer by future tense and conditional present formation: il aboiera, il aboierait but il enverra, il enverrait.
enfiévrer
Verbs ending in -évrer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : enfiévrer / il enfièvre but il enfiévrera, il enfiévrerait.
dormir | rendormir | redormir
Unlike dormir, the derivatives of dormir (ex. endormir, rendormir…) have various past participle forms: endormi, endormis, endormie, endormies.
enclore
Unlike the verb clore, enclore does not have circumflex accent in 3rd person indicative present form: il enclot.
promouvoir
The verbs émouvoir and promouvoir follow the pattern of mouvoir except for the past participle (singular masculine): mû, ému, promu. Promouvoir is mostly used in infinitive, past participle (promu, promus, promue, promues), compound forms and passive voice.
inscrire | décrire | souscrire | prescrire | réécrire
The verb écrire and its derivatives and the verbs ending in -scrire follow this model.
blasphémer | crémer | barémer
Verbs ending in -émer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : écrémer / il écrème but il écrémera, il écrémerait.
éclore
Unlike the verb clore, éclore does not have circumflex accent in 3rd person indicative present form: il éclot. The verb éclore is mostly used in 3rd person singular and plural.
échoir
The verb échoir has its own conjugation pattern. It can be conjugated with both auxiliaries être and avoir in compound forms.
douer
The verb douer is only used in infinitive and past participle with auxiliary être: il est doué, elle est douée.
dormir
redire
Dire and its derivatives follow this model except for the verbs contredire, dédire, interdire, médire and prédire.
redevoir
The verb devoir and its derivatives follow this model.
clamecer
Verbs ending in -ecer have an alteration (silent e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : dépecer / il dépèce, il dépècera, il dépècerait. Like the verbs of the model commencer, verbs following this model have an alteration c -> ç before the vowels "a" and "o": il dépeçait, nous dépeçons.
forclore
The verbs déclore and forclore are only used in infinitive and au past participle: déclos, déclose, décloses and forclos, forclose, forcloses.
déchoir
The verb déchoir has its own conjugation pattern. It can be conjugated with both auxiliaries être and avoir in compound forms.
réduire | produire | construire | conduire | introduire
Verbs ending in -uire follow this model except for nuire, luire (and their derivatives) and bruire.
accueillir | recueillir
The verb cueillir and its derivatives (accueillir, recueillir) follow this model.
croître
croire
The verb croire has its own conjugation pattern.
atteindre | joindre | rejoindre | restreindre | peindre
Verbs ending in -aindre, -eindre, -oindre follow this model. The verb oindre is mostly used in infinive, past participle (oint, oints, ointe, ointes) and imperfect (oignait) forms. The verb poindre is mostly used in infinive, in 3d person of indicative present, imperfect and futur, and in present participle.
recourir | parcourir | concourir | secourir | encourir
The verb courir and its derivatives follow this model. Accourir can be conjugated with two auxiliaries être and avoir in compound forms.
courbaturer
The verb courbaturer has two past participles: courbatu, courbatus, courbatue, courbatures and courbaturé, courbaturés, courbaturée, courbaturées.
recoudre | découdre
The verb coudre and its derivatives follow this model.
disparaître | reconnaître | paraître | apparaître | comparaître
Verbs ending in -aître follow this model except for the verb naître and its derivatives and the verb paître.
déconfire
exclure | reclure
Verbs ending in -clure follow this model except for inclure and occlure. The verb reclure isonly used in infinitive and past participle: reclus, recluse, recluses.
comparoir
The verb comparoir is only used in infinitive (in the expression "être assigné à comparoir" - "be subpoenaed") and in present participle (comparant).
renforcer | remplacer | déplacer | financer | exercer
Verbs ending in -cer have an alteration c -> ç before the vowels "a" and "o": il commençait, nous commençons.
clore
The verb clore has a circumflex accent in 3rd person indicative present: il clôt. It doesn't have past simple and imperfect forms in indicative and subjunctive, nor 1st and 2nd person plural forms in indicative present and imperative.
circoncire
choir
Verb choir has its own conjugation pattern. It can be conjugated with both auxiliaries être and avoir in compound forms.
chaloir
The verb chaloir is only used in infinitive and 3rd person singular in indicative present (impersonal) : peu me chaut, peu lui en chaut.
concélébrer | zébrer | décérébrer | enténébrer | térébrer
Verbs ending in -ébrer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : célébrer / il célèbre but il célébrera, il célébrerait.
accéder | procéder | posséder | excéder | succéder
Verbs ending in -éder have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and and conditional forms) : céder / il cède but il cédera, il céderait.
bruire
The verb bruire is mostly used in 3rd person indicative present and imperfect, subjunctive present and present participle. Its past participle is invariable.
braire
The verb braire is mostly usedin 3rd person indicative present and future as well as in conditional present. Like traire, abstraire, distraire and extraire, it is not used in past simple and imperfect subjunctive. Unlike traireits past participle is invariable : brait.
débouillir | ébouillir | rebouillir
Verb bouillir and its derivatives follow this model.
emboire | reboire
Verb boire and its derivatives follow this model.
combattre | débattre | abattre | rabattre | s'ébattre
Verbs ending in -tre follow this model.
appuyer | nettoyer | employer | déployer | octroyer
Verbs ending in -ayer, -oyer, -uyer have an alteration (y -> i) in some forms before a silent "e" : il aboie, il aboiera, il aboierait, il appuie, il appuiera, il appuierait. Verbs ending in -ayer follow this model (il balaie) and the model marcher (il balaye) at the same time.
avoir
The auxiliary verb avoir has its own conjugation pattern
mésavenir
répondre | rendre | entendre | perdre | vendre
Verbs ending in -andre, -endre, -ondre, -erdre and -ordre follow this model.
rassoir
The verb assoir have their own conjugation pattern; there are two conjugation variants: il assoit / il assied.
rasseoir | réasseoir
The verb asseoir and its derivatives have their own conjugation pattern; there are two conjugation variants: il assoit / il assied.
défaillir | tressaillir
Verbs ending in -aillir follow this model except for : - faillir that follows the regular pattern of finir (in the sense of "faire faillite" - "go bankrupt" ) and its own conjugation pattern (in the sense of "fail"). - jaillir that follows the regular pattern of finir. Saillir also follows the pattern of finir (in the sense of "mate").
ardre
The verb ardre is only used in infinitive and imperfect.
rappeler | renouveler | épeler | museler | atteler
Verbs ending in -eler similar to appeler follow the general rule prescribing to double the consonnant l -> ll before a silent "e" : il appelle. However, spelling reform of 1990 allows the variation silent e -> è except for appeler and rappeler. A small number of verbs ending in -eler do not double the consonnant and follow the pattern of peler (alteration silent e -> è in some forms : il cisèle, il cisèlera, il cisèlerait).
apparoir
The verb apparoir is only used in infinitive and 3rd person singular of indicative présent : il appert.
sur-aller
The verb aller has its own conjugation pattern.
hydrogéner | oxygéner | concaténer | refréner | déshydrogéner
Verbs ending in -éner have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : aliéner / il aliène but il aliénera, il aliénerait.
gérer | générer | accélérer | transférer | coopérer
Verbs ending in -érer have an alteration (é -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable except for the future and conditional forms) : gérer / il gère but il gérera, il gérerait.
mésadvenir
Verb advenir is only used used in infinive and 3rd person (singular and plural). It is conjugated with auxiliary être in compound forms (il est advenu).
becter
The verbs adirer and becter are only used in infinitive and past participle: adiré, becté.
conquérir | requérir | reconquérir | enquérir | réacquérir
Verbs acquérir, conquérir, enquérir and requérir follow this model (verbs ending in -quérir). The verb quérir is only used in infinitive.
racheter | crocheter | fileter | fureter | cacheter
Verbs ending in -ander following the model achander have an alteration (e -> è) in some forms (before a silent syllable including future and conditional forms) : achander / il achète, il achètera, il achèterait. This is the case of: achander (and its derivatives), béguander, corsander, crochander, filander, furander, halander. Regular verbs ending in -ander follow the pattern of jander (doubling of the consonant t -> tt before a silent "e" : il jandte).
croître | décroître
Verbs ending in -oître follow this model except for croître and recroître.
discontinuer | quérir | ravoir | courre | assavoir
The verbs de ce groupe are only used in infinive, often in fixed expressions. For example, the verb courre is used in the expression "chasse à courre" only; the verb férir - mostly in "sans coup férir" or "féru de".
dissoudre
Verbs ending in -soudre follow this model except for résoudre.