guérir

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French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French guérir, guerir, garir, from Old French garir, guarir (“to guarantee, protect, give health to”), from Frankish *warjan (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, defend, guard, heed”). Cognate with Old High German werien (“to defend, protect”), Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡe.ʁiʁ/
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Verb[edit]

guérir

  1. (transitive) to cure, to heal
    Le médecin va le guérir. ― The doctor is going to heal it.
    • 1898, Revue du monde invisible, page 339:
      Notre imagination, si ardente qu’on la suppose, ne peut ni guérir instantanément une lésion organique, ni ressusciter un mort.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to cure, to heal
    • 2018, Zaz, Qué vendrá:
      Puisque nous sommes ici sans savoir ce qui nous attend un peu plus tard, laisser parler mon instinct me guérit.
      Since we're here without knowing what awaits us a little bit later, letting my instinct[s] speak heals me.
  3. (intransitive or pronominal, with passive sense) to recover, to heal
    Il se guérira peu à peu. ― It will heal little by little.

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of guérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple guérir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple guérissant
/ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle guéri
/ɡe.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present guéris
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guéris
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guérit
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guérissons
/ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		guérissez
/ɡe.ʁi.se/ 		guérissent
/ɡe.ʁis/
imperfect guérissais
/ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		guérissais
/ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		guérissait
/ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		guérissions
/ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		guérissiez
/ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		guérissaient
/ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic2 guéris
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guéris
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guérit
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guérîmes
/ɡe.ʁim/ 		guérîtes
/ɡe.ʁit/ 		guérirent
/ɡe.ʁiʁ/
future guérirai
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ 		guériras
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ 		guérira
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ 		guérirons
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		guérirez
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ 		guériront
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional guérirais
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		guérirais
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		guérirait
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		guéririons
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		guéririez
/ɡe.ʁi.ʁje/ 		guériraient
/ɡe.ʁi.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 guérisse
/ɡe.ʁis/ 		guérisses
/ɡe.ʁis/ 		guérisse
/ɡe.ʁis/ 		guérissions
/ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		guérissiez
/ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		guérissent
/ɡe.ʁis/
imperfect2 guérisse
/ɡe.ʁis/ 		guérisses
/ɡe.ʁis/ 		guérît
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		guérissions
/ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		guérissiez
/ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		guérissent
/ɡe.ʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — guéris
/ɡe.ʁi/ 		— guérissons
/ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		guérissez
/ɡe.ʁi.se/ 		—
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).

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of se guérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se guérir
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se guérissant
/sə ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle guéri
/ɡe.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me guéris
/mə ɡe.ʁi/ 		te guéris
/tə ɡe.ʁi/ 		se guérit
/sə ɡe.ʁi/ 		nous guérissons
/nu ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		vous guérissez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.se/ 		se guérissent
/sə ɡe.ʁis/
imperfect me guérissais
/mə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		te guérissais
/tə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		se guérissait
/sə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/ 		nous guérissions
/nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		vous guérissiez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		se guérissaient
/sə ɡe.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic2 me guéris
/mə ɡe.ʁi/ 		te guéris
/tə ɡe.ʁi/ 		se guérit
/sə ɡe.ʁi/ 		nous guérîmes
/nu ɡe.ʁim/ 		vous guérîtes
/vu ɡe.ʁit/ 		se guérirent
/sə ɡe.ʁiʁ/
future me guérirai
/mə ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ 		te guériras
/tə ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ 		se guérira
/sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁa/ 		nous guérirons
/nu ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous guérirez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.ʁe/ 		se guériront
/sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me guérirais
/mə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		te guérirais
/tə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		se guérirait
/sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		nous guéririons
/nu ɡe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous guéririez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.ʁje/ 		se guériraient
/sə ɡe.ʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me guérisse
/mə ɡe.ʁis/ 		te guérisses
/tə ɡe.ʁis/ 		se guérisse
/sə ɡe.ʁis/ 		nous guérissions
/nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		vous guérissiez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		se guérissent
/sə ɡe.ʁis/
imperfect2 me guérisse
/mə ɡe.ʁis/ 		te guérisses
/tə ɡe.ʁis/ 		se guérît
/sə ɡe.ʁi/ 		nous guérissions
/nu ɡe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		vous guérissiez
/vu ɡe.ʁi.sje/ 		se guérissent
/sə ɡe.ʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — guéris-toi
/ɡe.ʁi.twa/ 		— guérissons-nous
/ɡe.ʁi.sɔ̃.nu/ 		guérissez-vous
/ɡe.ʁi.se.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

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