vitrer

French

Etymology

From vitre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.tʁe/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: vitrai, vitré, vitrée, vitrées, vitrés, vitrez

Verb

vitrer

1. (transitive) to glaze, fit with glass, install a glass pane in

   vitrer une fenêtre ― to glaze a window

   vitrer une porte ― to install a window in a door

Conjugation

Conjugation of vitrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vitrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vitrant /vi.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vitré /vi.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vitre /vitʁ/	vitres /vitʁ/	vitre /vitʁ/	vitrons /vi.tʁɔ̃/	vitrez /vi.tʁe/	vitrent /vitʁ/
	imperfect	vitrais /vi.tʁɛ/	vitrais /vi.tʁɛ/	vitrait /vi.tʁɛ/	vitrions /vi.tʁi.jɔ̃/	vitriez /vi.tʁi.je/	vitraient /vi.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	vitrai /vi.tʁe/	vitras /vi.tʁa/	vitra /vi.tʁa/	vitrâmes /vi.tʁam/	vitrâtes /vi.tʁat/	vitrèrent /vi.tʁɛʁ/
	future	vitrerai /vi.tʁə.ʁe/	vitreras /vi.tʁə.ʁa/	vitrera /vi.tʁə.ʁa/	vitrerons /vi.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	vitrerez /vi.tʁə.ʁe/	vitreront /vi.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vitrerais /vi.tʁə.ʁɛ/	vitrerais /vi.tʁə.ʁɛ/	vitrerait /vi.tʁə.ʁɛ/	vitrerions /vi.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	vitreriez /vi.tʁə.ʁje/	vitreraient /vi.tʁə.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	vitre /vitʁ/	vitres /vitʁ/	vitre /vitʁ/	vitrions /vi.tʁi.jɔ̃/	vitriez /vi.tʁi.je/	vitrent /vitʁ/
	imperfect2	vitrasse /vi.tʁas/	vitrasses /vi.tʁas/	vitrât /vi.tʁa/	vitrassions /vi.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	vitrassiez /vi.tʁa.sje/	vitrassent /vi.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vitre /vitʁ/	—	vitrons /vi.tʁɔ̃/	vitrez /vi.tʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• baie vitrée
• humeur vitrée
• vitrage
• vitré

See also

• vitrifier

References

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

Further reading

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