louer

English

Noun

louer (plural louers)

1. obsolete typography of lover

Anagrams

• loure, roule

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwe/, /lu.e/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French loer, from Latin locāre.

Verb

louer

1. to rent
2. to lease

   Antonym: prêter

Conjugation

Conjugation of louer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	louer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	louant /lwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		loué /lwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	loue /lu/	loues /lu/	loue /lu/	louons /lwɔ̃/	louez /lwe/	louent /lu/
	imperfect	louais /lwɛ/	louais /lwɛ/	louait /lwɛ/	louions /lu.jɔ̃/	louiez /lu.je/	louaient /lwɛ/
	past historic2	louai /lwe/	louas /lwa/	loua /lwa/	louâmes /lwam/	louâtes /lwat/	louèrent /lwɛʁ/
	future	louerai /lu.ʁe/	loueras /lu.ʁa/	louera /lu.ʁa/	louerons /lu.ʁɔ̃/	louerez /lu.ʁe/	loueront /lu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	louerais /lu.ʁɛ/	louerais /lu.ʁɛ/	louerait /lu.ʁɛ/	louerions /lu.ʁjɔ̃/	loueriez /lu.ʁje/	loueraient /lu.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	loue /lu/	loues /lu/	loue /lu/	louions /lu.jɔ̃/	louiez /lu.je/	louent /lu/
	imperfect2	louasse /lwas/	louasses /lwas/	louât /lwa/	louassions /lwa.sjɔ̃/	louassiez /lwa.sje/	louassent /lwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	loue /lu/	—	louons /lwɔ̃/	louez /lwe/	—
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

• à louer
• louage
• loueur
• sous-louer

 

Related terms

• loyer
• lieu
• location

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French louer, from Old French loer, louer, from earlier lauder, from Latin laudāre.

Verb

louer

1. to praise, to recommend

Conjugation

Conjugation of louer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	louer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	louant /lwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		loué /lwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	loue /lu/	loues /lu/	loue /lu/	louons /lwɔ̃/	louez /lwe/	louent /lu/
	imperfect	louais /lwɛ/	louais /lwɛ/	louait /lwɛ/	louions /lu.jɔ̃/	louiez /lu.je/	louaient /lwɛ/
	past historic2	louai /lwe/	louas /lwa/	loua /lwa/	louâmes /lwam/	louâtes /lwat/	louèrent /lwɛʁ/
	future	louerai /lu.ʁe/	loueras /lu.ʁa/	louera /lu.ʁa/	louerons /lu.ʁɔ̃/	louerez /lu.ʁe/	loueront /lu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	louerais /lu.ʁɛ/	louerais /lu.ʁɛ/	louerait /lu.ʁɛ/	louerions /lu.ʁjɔ̃/	loueriez /lu.ʁje/	loueraient /lu.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	loue /lu/	loues /lu/	loue /lu/	louions /lu.jɔ̃/	louiez /lu.je/	louent /lu/
	imperfect2	louasse /lwas/	louasses /lwas/	louât /lwa/	louassions /lwa.sjɔ̃/	louassiez /lwa.sje/	louassent /lwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	loue /lu/	—	louons /lwɔ̃/	louez /lwe/	—
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

• Dieu soit loué
• louange
• louanger

Related terms

• los

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ourle, ourlé, roule, roulé

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French loer, lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre.

Verb

louer

1. to praise, to laud

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of louer

infinitive	simple	louer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	louant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		loué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	loue	loues	loue	louons	louez	louent
	imperfect	louois, louoys	louois, louoys	louoit, louoyt	louions, louyons	louiez, louyez	louoient, louoyent
	past historic	loua	louas	loua	louasmes	louastes	louerent
	future	louerai, loueray	loueras	louera	louerons	louerez	loueront
	conditional	louerois, loueroys	louerois, loueroys	loueroit, loueroyt	louerions, loueryons	loueriez, loueryez	loueroient, loueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	loue	loues	loue	louons	louez	louent
	imperfect	louasse	louasses	louast	louassions	louassiez	louassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	loue	—	louons	louez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: louer