ouvrir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French ouvrir, from Old French ovrir, obrir, from Vulgar Latin *operīre, alteration of Classical Latin aperīre (“to open”). See also Italian oprire; Catalan obrir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u.vʁiʁ/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): [uvæɾ], [ɾuvɾɪɾ] Rhymes: -iʁ === Verb === ouvrir (transitive) to open (transitive) to begin, to initiate (reflexive) to open (of a door or a flower) (reflexive) to open, to begin to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance) to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it (reflexive) to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body) (reflexive) to open onto, to lead into (+ sur) (intransitive) to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur) (reflexive) to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à) (reflexive) to open up to, to confide in (+ à) to make, to create, to open up (e.g., a path) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like couvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle ouvert is irregular. This verb is conjugated like couvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle ouvert is irregular. ==== Antonyms ==== fermer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ouvert ouverture ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: ouvri, louvri === Further reading === “ouvrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French ovrir. === Verb === ouvrir to open ==== Descendants ==== French: ouvrir