lire in French dictionary

  • lire

    Meanings and definitions of "lire"

    • Monnaie de Malte jusqu'à l'introduction de l'euro à la fin de 2007.
    • Ancienne monnaie officielle de l'Italie, San Marino et du Vatican.
    • Regarder et interpréter des lettre et autres informations écrites.

    Synonyms of "lire" in French dictionary

    réciter, déchiffrer, manger are the top synonyms of "lire" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of lire

    • (Verb)    Conjugation of lire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive lire avoir lu
      gerund en lisant en ayant lu
      present participle lisant
      past participle lu
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present lis lis lit lisons lisez lisent
      imperfect lisais lisais lisait lisions lisiez lisaient
      past historic1 lus lus lut lûmes lûtes lurent
      future lirai liras lira lirons lirez liront
      conditional lirais lirais lirait lirions liriez liraient
      compoundtenses 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
      simpletenses present lise lises lise lisions lisiez lisent
      imperfect1 lusse lusses lût lussions lussiez lussent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — lis — lisons lisez —
      1literary tenses
    • lire f. ( plural lires)
    • lire f (plural lires)
    • Conjugation of lire
      simple compound
      infinitive lire avoir lu
      gerund en lisant en ayant lu
      present participle lisant
      /li.zɑ̃/
      past participle lu
      /ly/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present lis
      /li/       		lis
      /li/       		lit
      /li/       		lisons
      /li.zɔ̃/       		lisez
      /li.ze/       		lisent
      /liz/
      imperfect lisais
      /li.zɛ/       		lisais
      /li.zɛ/       		lisait
      /li.zɛ/       		lisions
      /li.zjɔ̃/       		lisiez
      /li.zje/       		lisaient
      /li.zɛ/
      past historic1 lus
      /ly/       		lus
      /ly/       		lut
      /ly/       		lûmes
      /lym/       		lûtes
      /lyt/       		lurent
      /lyʁ/
      future lirai
      /li.ʁe/       		liras
      /li.ʁa/       		lira
      /li.ʁa/       		lirons
      /li.ʁɔ̃/       		lirez
      /li.ʁe/       		liront
      /li.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional lirais
      /li.ʁɛ/       		lirais
      /li.ʁɛ/       		lirait
      /li.ʁɛ/       		lirions
      /li.ʁjɔ̃/       		liriez
      /li.ʁje/       		liraient
      /li.ʁɛ/
      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 lise
      /liz/       		lises
      /liz/       		lise
      /liz/       		lisions
      /li.zjɔ̃/       		lisiez
      /li.zje/       		lisent
      /liz/
      imperfect1 lusse
      /lys/       		lusses
      /lys/       		lût
      /ly/       		lussions
      /ly.sjɔ̃/       		lussiez
      /ly.sje/       		lussent
      /lys/
      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 –
      — lis
      /li/       		— lisons
      /li.zɔ̃/       		lisez
      /li.ze/       		—
      1literary tenses
      élire élu illisible illisiblement illisibilité lecteur, lectrice lisible lisiblement lisibilité relecture relire
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