The document provides a comprehensive list of French verbs categorized by their root verbs, such as 'tenir' (to hold), 'venir' (to come), and 'acquérir' (to acquire), among others. Each category includes various related verbs along with their English translations. The document serves as a useful reference for understanding the meanings and usages of these verbs in French.
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Groupe 3 Verbe List
The document provides a comprehensive list of French verbs categorized by their root verbs, such as 'tenir' (to hold), 'venir' (to come), and 'acquérir' (to acquire), among others. Each category includes various related verbs along with their English translations. The document serves as a useful reference for understanding the meanings and usages of these verbs in French.
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Verbs Related to "Tenir" (to hold)
tenir – to hold s'abstenir – to abstain appartenir – to belong contenir – to contain détenir – to detain, to hold (a title, record) entretenir – to maintain, to entertain maintenir – to maintain obtenir – to obtain retenir – to retain, to hold back soutenir – to support Verbs Related to "Venir" (to come) venir – to come advenir – to happen (formal) circonvenir – to circumvent, to outwit contrevenir – to contravene, to violate (a rule/law) convenir – to suit, to be suitable devenir – to become disconvenir – to disagree intervenir – to intervene obvenir – to be allocated (rare) parvenir – to reach, to manage (to do something) prévenir – to warn, to prevent provenir – to come from redevenir – to become again se ressouvenir – to remember again (archaic) revenir – to come back, to return se souvenir – to remember subvenir – to provide for, to support survenir – to occur suddenly Verbs Related to "Acquérir" (to acquire) acquérir – to acquire conquérir – to conquer quérir – to seek (archaic) reconquérir – to reconquer requérir – to require Verbs Related to "Sentir" (to feel, to smell) sentir – to feel, to smell consentir – to consent pressentir – to have a premonition ressentir – to feel deeply mentir – to lie démentir – to contradict Verbs Related to "Partir" (to leave) partir – to leave départir – to distribute (archaic), to deprive (reflexive) repartir – to leave again, to restart se repentir – to repent Verbs Related to "Sortir" (to go out) sortir – to go out ressortir – to go out again, to stand out Verbs Related to "Vêtir" (to clothe) vêtir – to clothe dévêtir – to undress revêtir – to put on, to cover Verbs Related to "Ouvrir" (to open) ouvrir – to open couvrir – to cover découvrir – to discover recouvrir – to cover completely entrouvrir – to half-open rentrouvrir – to reopen slightly rouvrir – to reopen souffrir – to suffer Verbs Related to "Cueillir" (to pick, to gather) cueillir – to pick (flowers, fruit) accueillir – to welcome recueillir – to collect, to take in Verbs Related to "Assaillir" (to assault) assaillir – to assault, to attack saillir – to protrude tressaillir – to flinch, to shudder Verbs Related to "Faillir" (to fail) faillir – to almost do something défaillir – to faint, to weaken Verbs Related to "Bouillir" (to boil) bouillir – to boil débouillir – to stop boiling (rare) rebouillir – to boil again Verbs Related to "Dormir" (to sleep) dormir – to sleep endormir – to put to sleep rendormir – to fall back asleep Verbs Related to "Courir" (to run) courir – to run accourir – to rush concourir – to compete encourir – to incur parcourir – to travel through recourir – to resort to secourir – to help, to rescue Verbs Related to "Mourir" (to die) mourir – to die Verbs Related to "Servir" (to serve) servir – to serve desservir – to clear (a table), to serve poorly resservir – to serve again Verbs Related to "Fuir" (to flee) fuir – to flee s'enfuir – to escape refuir – to flee again Unique Verbs ouïr – to hear (archaic) gésir – to lie (as in "here lies" on a gravestone) Here is the continuation of the translations: Verbs Related to "Recevoir" (to receive) recevoir – to receive apercevoir – to glimpse, to notice concevoir – to conceive décevoir – to disappoint percevoir – to perceive Verbs Related to "Voir" (to see) voir – to see entrevoir – to glimpse prévoir – to foresee, to plan revoir – to see again, to review Verbs Related to "Pourvoir" (to provide) pourvoir – to provide dépourvoir – to deprive Verbs Related to "Savoir" (to know) savoir – to know resavoir – to know again (rare) Verbs Related to "Devoir" (to have to, must) devoir – to have to, must; to owe redevoir – to owe again Verbs Related to "Pouvoir" (to be able to, can) pouvoir – to be able to, can Verbs Related to "Mouvoir" (to move) mouvoir – to move (formal, literary) émouvoir – to move emotionally promouvoir – to promote Verbs Related to "Pleuvoir" (to rain) pleuvoir – to rain repleuvoir – to rain again (rare) Verbs Related to "Falloir" (to be necessary) falloir – to be necessary (only used in "il faut") Verbs Related to "Valoir" (to be worth) valoir – to be worth équivaloir – to be equivalent to prévaloir – to prevail revaloir – to repay, to get back at someone Verbs Related to "Vouloir" (to want) vouloir – to want Verbs Related to "Asseoir" (to sit) asseoir – to sit rasseoir – to sit again Verbs Related to "Seoir" (to be fitting, archaic/literary) seoir – to be suitable, to fit messeoir – to be unsuitable Verbs Related to "Surseoir" (to defer, to postpone) surseoir – to postpone Verbs Related to "Choir" (to fall, archaic) choir – to fall déchoir – to decline, to fall from status échoir – to be due (a deadline) Verbs Related to "Rendre" (to give back, to return) rendre – to give back, to render défendre – to defend, to forbid descendre – to go down condescendre – to condescend fendre – to split pourfendre – to fight fiercely refendre – to split again Verbs Related to "Prendre" (to take) prendre – to take apprendre – to learn dépendre – to depend reprendre – to take again, to resume suspendre – to suspend Verbs Related to "Tendre" (to stretch, to hold out) tendre – to stretch, to hold out attendre – to wait détendre – to relax distendre – to distend entendre – to hear étendre – to extend prétendre – to claim retendre – to stretch again sous-entendre – to imply sous-tendre – to underlie Verbs Related to "Vendre" (to sell) vendre – to sell mévendre – to sell poorly (rare) Verbs Related to "Fondre" (to melt) fondre – to melt confondre – to confuse parfondre – to melt completely (rare) refondre – to melt again Verbs Related to "Pondre" (to lay eggs) pondre – to lay eggs Verbs Related to "Répondre" (to answer) répondre – to answer correspondre – to correspond Verbs Related to "Tondre" (to mow, to shear) tondre – to mow, to shear Verbs Related to "Perdre" (to lose) perdre – to lose reperdre – to lose again Verbs Related to "Mordre" (to bite) mordre – to bite démordre – to let go (of an idea) remordre – to bite again Verbs Related to "Tordre" (to twist) tordre – to twist détordre – to untwist distordre – to distort retordre – to twist again Verbs Related to "Rompre" (to break) rompre – to break corrompre – to corrupt interrompre – to interrupt Verbs Related to "Foutre" (slang, to do, to mess up) foutre – to do (informal, vulgar in some contexts) se contrefoutre – to not care at all (very informal) Verbs Related to "Battre" (to beat) battre – to beat abattre – to knock down, to slaughter combattre – to fight contre-battre – to counteract (rare) débattre – to debate s'ébattre – to frolic rabattre – to fold down, to bring down rebattre – to beat again Verbs Related to "Mettre" (to put, to place) mettre – to put admettre – to admit commettre – to commit démettre – to dismiss émettre – to emit s'entremettre – to interfere omettre – to omit permettre – to permit promettre – to promise réadmettre – to readmit remettre – to put back soumettre – to submit transmettre – to transmit That was a long list! 😄 Let me know if you need more explanations or examples for any of these verbs! 🚀