luire
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French luire, a variant of luisir (the normal result in Old French) formed through analogy through its future forms (compare also nuire, plaire, taire), from Vulgar Latin *lūcīre, from Latin lūcēre, present active infinitive of lūceō, from Proto-Italic *loukēō, from the root of lūx (“light”) or from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-eyo-, a verb that is derived from *lewk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɥiʁ/
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Verb
luire
- (intransitive) to shine; to glimmer
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 1, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Arshavin regarde sa bague, qui vient de luire.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | luire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | luisant /lɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lui /lɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | luis /lɥi/ |
luis /lɥi/ |
luit /lɥi/ |
luisons /lɥi.zɔ̃/ |
luisez /lɥi.ze/ |
luisent /lɥiz/ |
| imperfect | luisais /lɥi.zɛ/ |
luisais /lɥi.zɛ/ |
luisait /lɥi.zɛ/ |
luisions /lɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
luisiez /lɥi.zje/ |
luisaient /lɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | luis or luisis /lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/ |
luis or luisis /lɥi/ or /lɥi.zi/ |
luit /lɥi/ |
luîmes or luisîmes /lɥim/ or /lɥi.zim/ |
luîtes or luisîtes /lɥit/ or /lɥi.zit/ |
luirent or luisirent /lɥiʁ/ or /lɥi.ziʁ/ | |
| future | luirai /lɥi.ʁe/ |
luiras /lɥi.ʁa/ |
luira /lɥi.ʁa/ |
luirons /lɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
luirez /lɥi.ʁe/ |
luiront /lɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | luirais /lɥi.ʁɛ/ |
luirais /lɥi.ʁɛ/ |
luirait /lɥi.ʁɛ/ |
luirions /lɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
luiriez /lɥi.ʁje/ |
luiraient /lɥi.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 | luise /lɥiz/ |
luises /lɥiz/ |
luise /lɥiz/ |
luisions /lɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
luisiez /lɥi.zje/ |
luisent /lɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | luisisse /lɥi.zis/ |
luisisses /lɥi.zis/ |
luisît /lɥi.zi/ |
luisissions /lɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ |
luisissiez /lɥi.zi.sje/ |
luisissent /lɥi.zis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | luis /lɥi/ |
— | luisons /lɥi.zɔ̃/ |
luisez /lɥi.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “luire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of luire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | luire | avoir luit | |||||
| gerund | en luisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | luisant | ||||||
| past participle | luit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | luis | luis | luist, luit | luisons | luisiez | luisent |
| imperfect | luisoie, luiseie | luisoies, luiseies | luisoit, luiseit | luisiiens, luisiens | luisiiez, luisiez | luisoient, luiseient | |
| preterite | luisi, luis | luisis | luisi, luist | luisimes | luisistes | luisirent, luistrent | |
| future | luirai | luiras | luira | luirons | luiroiz, luireiz, luirez | luiront | |
| conditional | luiroie, luireie | luiroies, luireies | luiroit, luireit | luiriiens, luiriens | luiriiez, luiriez | luiroient, luireient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | luise | luises | luise | luisiens, luisons | luisiez | luisent |
| imperfect | luisisse | luisisses | luisist | luisissons, luisissiens | luisissoiz, luisissez, luisissiez | luisissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | luis | — | luisons | luisiez | — | ||
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