soupirer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French souspirer, from Old French souspirer, from Latin suspīrāre, from sub- + spīrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.pi.ʁe/

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Verb

soupirer

1. to sigh
2. (figuratively) to yearn, to long for

Conjugation

Conjugation of soupirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	soupirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	soupirant /su.pi.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		soupiré /su.pi.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soupire /su.piʁ/	soupires /su.piʁ/	soupire /su.piʁ/	soupirons /su.pi.ʁɔ̃/	soupirez /su.pi.ʁe/	soupirent /su.piʁ/
	imperfect	soupirais /su.pi.ʁɛ/	soupirais /su.pi.ʁɛ/	soupirait /su.pi.ʁɛ/	soupirions /su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/	soupiriez /su.pi.ʁje/	soupiraient /su.pi.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	soupirai /su.pi.ʁe/	soupiras /su.pi.ʁa/	soupira /su.pi.ʁa/	soupirâmes /su.pi.ʁam/	soupirâtes /su.pi.ʁat/	soupirèrent /su.pi.ʁɛʁ/
	future	soupirerai /su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/	soupireras /su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/	soupirera /su.pi.ʁə.ʁa/	soupirerons /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	soupirerez /su.pi.ʁə.ʁe/	soupireront /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soupirerais /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	soupirerais /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	soupirerait /su.pi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	soupirerions /su.pi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	soupireriez /su.pi.ʁə.ʁje/	soupireraient /su.pi.ʁə.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	soupire /su.piʁ/	soupires /su.piʁ/	soupire /su.piʁ/	soupirions /su.pi.ʁjɔ̃/	soupiriez /su.pi.ʁje/	soupirent /su.piʁ/
	imperfect2	soupirasse /su.pi.ʁas/	soupirasses /su.pi.ʁas/	soupirât /su.pi.ʁa/	soupirassions /su.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	soupirassiez /su.pi.ʁa.sje/	soupirassent /su.pi.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soupire /su.piʁ/	—	soupirons /su.pi.ʁɔ̃/	soupirez /su.pi.ʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• soupir

Related terms

• inspirer
• expirer
• respirer

Further reading

• “soupirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pourries