cuver

French

Etymology

In the sense “to ferment”, from cuve; first attested in 1433. The other senses either have the same origin or come from Latin cubare (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ve/

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Verb

cuver

1. (intransitive) to ferment
2. (transitive, colloquial) to sleep off (especially of alcohol)
3. (intransitive, colloquial) to sleep or rest after drinking
4. (transitive) to calm

   cuver sa colère ― simmer down

5. (intransitive, Argad'z) to lie around, laze about

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cuver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cuvant /ky.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cuvé /ky.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cuve /kyv/	cuves /kyv/	cuve /kyv/	cuvons /ky.vɔ̃/	cuvez /ky.ve/	cuvent /kyv/
	imperfect	cuvais /ky.vɛ/	cuvais /ky.vɛ/	cuvait /ky.vɛ/	cuvions /ky.vjɔ̃/	cuviez /ky.vje/	cuvaient /ky.vɛ/
	past historic2	cuvai /ky.ve/	cuvas /ky.va/	cuva /ky.va/	cuvâmes /ky.vam/	cuvâtes /ky.vat/	cuvèrent /ky.vɛʁ/
	future	cuverai /ky.vʁe/	cuveras /ky.vʁa/	cuvera /ky.vʁa/	cuverons /ky.vʁɔ̃/	cuverez /ky.vʁe/	cuveront /ky.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cuverais /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverais /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverait /ky.vʁɛ/	cuverions /ky.və.ʁjɔ̃/	cuveriez /ky.və.ʁje/	cuveraient /ky.vʁɛ/
(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	cuve /kyv/	cuves /kyv/	cuve /kyv/	cuvions /ky.vjɔ̃/	cuviez /ky.vje/	cuvent /kyv/
	imperfect2	cuvasse /ky.vas/	cuvasses /ky.vas/	cuvât /ky.va/	cuvassions /ky.va.sjɔ̃/	cuvassiez /ky.va.sje/	cuvassent /ky.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cuve /kyv/	—	cuvons /ky.vɔ̃/	cuvez /ky.ve/	—
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).

Further reading

• “cuver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.