"espérer" meaning in French

See espérer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛs.pe.ʁe/ Audio: Fr-espérer.ogg
Etymology: From Old French esperer, inherited from Latin spērāre. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|ine-pro}}, {{inh|fr|fro|esperer}} Old French esperer, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|fr|la|spērō|spērāre||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin spērāre, {{inh+|fr|la|spērō|spērāre|nocap=1}} inherited from Latin spērāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} espérer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], espérer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], espérant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], espéré [participle, past], espère [first-person, indicative, present, singular], espères [indicative, present, second-person, singular], espère [indicative, present, singular, third-person], espérons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], espérez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], espèrent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], espérais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], espérais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], espérait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], espérions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], espériez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], espéraient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], espérai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], espéras [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], espéra [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], espérâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], espérâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], espérèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], espèrerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], espérerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], espèreras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], espéreras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], espèrera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], espérera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], espèrerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], espérerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], espèrerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], espérerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], espèreront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], espéreront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], espèrerais [conditional, first-person, singular], espérerais [conditional, first-person, singular], espèrerais [conditional, second-person, singular], espérerais [conditional, second-person, singular], espèrerait [conditional, singular, third-person], espérerait [conditional, singular, third-person], espèrerions [conditional, first-person, plural], espérerions [conditional, first-person, plural], espèreriez [conditional, plural, second-person], espéreriez [conditional, plural, second-person], espèreraient [conditional, plural, third-person], espéreraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], espère [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], espères [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], espère [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], espérions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], espériez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], espèrent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], espérasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], espérasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], espérât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], espérassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], espérassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], espérassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], espère [imperative, second-person, singular], espérons [first-person, imperative, plural], espérez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (intransitive) to hope Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-espérer-fr-verb-Gq1PvyM1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -é-er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 21 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -é-er: 28 26 25 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 23 23 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 18 18 19
  2. (transitive) to hope for Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-espérer-fr-verb-oI2MdDf5 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -é-er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 21 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -é-er: 28 26 25 22
  3. (intransitive) to have faith, to trust (with en (“in”)) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-espérer-fr-verb-~RBEcoxw Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -é-er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 21 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -é-er: 28 26 25 22
  4. (North America, Normandy) to wait Tags: Normandy, North-America Synonyms: attendre, patienter
    Sense id: en-espérer-fr-verb-g4ppckIk Categories (other): North American French, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -é-er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 21 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -é-er: 28 26 25 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: espérance, espoir

Inflected forms

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      "form": "espèreriez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pɛ.ʁə.ʁje/",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "espéreriez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁə.ʁje/",
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    },
    {
      "form": "espèreraient",
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    },
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      "form": "espéreraient",
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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    },
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "espériez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁje/",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pɛʁ/",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérasse",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "espérasses",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérât",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "espérassions",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "espérassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérassent",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espériez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérasse",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérasses",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérât",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérassions",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérassent",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espère",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérons",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "espérez",
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "espérer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "espérance"
    },
    {
      "word": "espoir"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French intransitive verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope to succeed.",
          "text": "J’espère réussir.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I hope he will come soon.",
          "text": "J’espère qu’il viendra bientôt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hope"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to hope"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I hope for quick success",
          "text": "J’espère un succès rapide.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hope for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to hope for"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French intransitive verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You must have faith.",
          "text": "Il faut espérer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You must trust in God.",
          "text": "Il faut espérer en Dieu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have faith, to trust (with en (“in”))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "faith",
          "faith"
        ],
        [
          "trust",
          "trust"
        ],
        [
          "en",
          "en#French"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to have faith, to trust (with en (“in”))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "North American French"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Please wait a bit.",
          "text": "Espere-voir un bout.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wait"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North America, Normandy) to wait"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "attendre"
        },
        {
          "word": "patienter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Normandy",
        "North-America"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁe/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-espérer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Fr-esp%C3%A9rer.ogg/Fr-esp%C3%A9rer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fr-esp%C3%A9rer.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "espérer"
}

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