cuivrer
French, verb/kɥi.vʁe/
cuivrer is spelled C-U-I-V-R-E-R (7 letters). Cuivrer is a French verb meaning “to coat with copper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Revêtir d’une couche de cuivre”.
What does cuivrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coat with copper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Revêtir d’une couche de cuivre. 2. Jouer d'un instrument de la famille des cuivres, en soufflant suffisamment fort pour produire un son cuivré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuivrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cuivrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cuivré participle past
- cuivre first-person indicative present
- cuivres indicative present second-person
- cuivrons first-person indicative plural
- cuivrez indicative plural present
- cuivrent indicative plural present
- cuivrais first-person imperfect indicative
- cuivrait imperfect indicative singular
- cuivrions first-person imperfect indicative
- cuivriez imperfect indicative plural
- cuivraient imperfect indicative plural
- cuivrai first-person historic indicative
- cuivras historic indicative past
- cuivra historic indicative past
- cuivrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuivrer?
- /kɥi.vʁe/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.