/ʁɛ.ve/
Translation
to dream, to daydream
Word origin
The origin is genuinely disputed. The word appears in Old French as resver, meaning 'to wander' or 'to rave', and only later settles on sleeping dreams.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- resver
Other proposed origins
- Most dictionaries trace it to an unattested Vulgar Latin form built on vagus ('wandering'), roughly exvagare ('to stray out'). (exvagare)
- Others derive it from a Gallo-Romance root esver ('to be beside oneself'), from Latin ex ('out of') and a form related to aevum. (esver)
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | rêve | rêvais | rêvai | rêverai | rêverais |
| tu | rêves | rêvais | rêvas | rêveras | rêverais |
| il/elle | rêve | rêvait | rêva | rêvera | rêverait |
| nous | rêvons | rêvions | rêvâmes | rêverons | rêverions |
| vous | rêvez | rêviez | rêvâtes | rêverez | rêveriez |
| ils/elles | rêvent | rêvaient | rêvèrent | rêveront | rêveraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | rêve | rêvasse |
| tu | rêves | rêvasses |
| il/elle | rêve | rêvât |
| nous | rêvions | rêvassions |
| vous | rêviez | rêvassiez |
| ils/elles | rêvent | rêvassent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | rêve |
| nous | rêvons |
| vous | rêvez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- rêvant
- Past participle
- rêvé · rêvée · rêvés · rêvées
Examples
' Asie.
I dream of a long trip to Asia.
- cette .
She dreamt about her grandmother last night.
- au .
Stop daydreaming and get down to work.
!
One can always dream!
.
He dreamt of becoming a pilot when he was little.
Where this fits
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