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Pleuvoir conjugation: to rain in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

Learn pleuvoir, “to rain”, and you add a very practical verb to your French: it is a useful everyday verb (number 116 of the 150 on this site). It is an impersonal verb of the 3rd group, used almost only in the 3rd person singular (il pleut), so you will meet far fewer forms than with a normal verb. In compound tenses it takes avoir (il a plu), with the past participle plu. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.

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pleuvoir at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary

Infinitive
pleuvoir — to rain
Group
3rd group (irregular verbs)
Type
Impersonal verb: only used in the 3rd person singular
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Intransitive (no object)
Frequency
No. 116 of the 150 most common French verbs

The endings are in bold. Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.

Indicatif (indicative): pleuvoir

Présent (present tense)

Présent (present tense) of the verb pleuvoir
ilpleut

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb pleuvoir
ilpleuvait

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb pleuvoir
ilplut

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb pleuvoir
ilpleuvra

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb pleuvoir
ila plu

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb pleuvoir
ilavait plu

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb pleuvoir
ileut plu

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb pleuvoir
ilaura plu

Conditionnel (conditional): pleuvoir

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb pleuvoir
ilpleuvrait

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb pleuvoir
ilaurait plu

Subjonctif (subjunctive): pleuvoir

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb pleuvoir
qu’ilpleuve

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb pleuvoir
qu’ilait plu

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb pleuvoir
qu’ilplût

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb pleuvoir
qu’ileût plu

Impératif (imperative): pleuvoir

Impératif présent (imperative)

This tense does not exist for the verb pleuvoir.

Impératif passé (past imperative)

This tense does not exist for the verb pleuvoir.

Infinitive, participles and gerund of pleuvoir

Non-personal forms of the verb pleuvoir
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)pleuvoir
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir plu
Participe présent (present participle)pleuvant
Participe passé (past participle)plu (never changes)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en pleuvant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant plu

Example sentences with pleuvoir

Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.

Watch out with pleuvoir

Use avoir

In compound tenses pleuvoir takes avoir (il a plu). The participle plu agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.

Only “il”

Use only the 3rd person singular: il pleut. There is no je, tu, nous or vous form.

Other verbs to learn with pleuvoir

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Review the French tenses

Questions about pleuvoir

How do you conjugate pleuvoir (to rain) in the present tense?

In the présent: il pleut.

Does pleuvoir take être or avoir in the passé composé?

pleuvoir takes avoir in compound tenses: il a plu, . The past participle is plu.

What are the future and conditional forms of pleuvoir?

Futur simple: il pleuvra. Conditionnel présent: il pleuvrait. Both are built on the same stem (pleuvr-).

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