rêvent

Rêvent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb rêver, meaning "to dream." It is used with plural subjects, such as ils or elles, to express that they are currently dreaming or dreaming of something. As with other -er verbs in the present tense, the form is built from the verb stem rêv- with the standard present endings, where the final -ent is not pronounced.

In typical usage, rêvent appears in sentences like "Ils rêvent de voyager" (They dream of traveling) or "Elles rêvent d’une vie meilleure" (They dream of a better life). The form illustrates how French conjugates verbs for different subjects while maintaining a shared stem and regular -er verb endings.

Orthographically, rêvent contains a circumflex on the letter ê. The circumflex indicates a historical change in pronunciation and often vowel length, and it helps distinguish rêver from other similar forms. The present tense form rêvent is not a separate lexical item; it is a morphological variant of the verb rêver.

Related terms include the verb rêver itself, the noun rêve (dream), and the present participle rêvant. The verb rêver belongs to the class of regular -er verbs in French, and its other present-tense forms follow the same predictable pattern.