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éblouir

éblouir

French

Verb

éblouir

  1. (transitive) to dazzle

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

  Conjugation of éblouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive éblouir avoir ébloui
gerund en éblouissant en ayant ébloui
present participle éblouissant
/e.blu.i.sɑ̃/
past participle ébloui
/e.blu.i/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present éblouis
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouis
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouit
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouissons
/e.blu.i.sɔ̃/ 		éblouissez
/e.blu.i.se/ 		éblouissent
/e.blu.is/
imperfect éblouissais
/e.blu.i.sɛ/ 		éblouissais
/e.blu.i.sɛ/ 		éblouissait
/e.blu.i.sɛ/ 		éblouissions
/e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ 		éblouissiez
/e.blu.i.sje/ 		éblouissaient
/e.blu.i.sɛ/
past historic1 éblouis
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouis
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouit
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouîmes
/e.blu.im/ 		éblouîtes
/e.blu.it/ 		éblouirent
/e.blu.iʁ/
future éblouirai
/e.blu.i.ʁe/ 		éblouiras
/e.blu.i.ʁa/ 		éblouira
/e.blu.i.ʁa/ 		éblouirons
/e.blu.i.ʁɔ̃/ 		éblouirez
/e.blu.i.ʁe/ 		éblouiront
/e.blu.i.ʁɔ̃/
conditional éblouirais
/e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ 		éblouirais
/e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ 		éblouirait
/e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ 		éblouirions
/e.blu.i.ʁjɔ̃/ 		éblouiriez
/e.blu.i.ʁje/ 		éblouiraient
/e.blu.i.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present éblouisse
/e.blu.is/ 		éblouisses
/e.blu.is/ 		éblouisse
/e.blu.is/ 		éblouissions
/e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ 		éblouissiez
/e.blu.i.sje/ 		éblouissent
/e.blu.is/
imperfect1 éblouisse
/e.blu.is/ 		éblouisses
/e.blu.is/ 		éblouît
/e.blu.i/ 		éblouissions
/e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ 		éblouissiez
/e.blu.i.sje/ 		éblouissent
/e.blu.is/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— éblouis
/e.blu.i/ 		— éblouissons
/e.blu.i.sɔ̃/ 		éblouissez
/e.blu.i.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

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Etymology

From Middle French esblouir, from Old French esbleuir ‎(“to dazzle”), from Medieval Latin *exblaudō ‎(“I dazzle”, verb), from ex- + *blaudō ‎(“I overwhelm, I make someone weak”, verb), from Frankish *blōthijan, *blauthijan ‎(“to overcome, make weak”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaną ‎(“to make weak, make void, soften”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- ‎(“weak, frightened, timid”). Cognate with Old High German blōdi ‎(“sluggish, feeble, physically weak”) ( > German blöde), Old English blēaþ ‎(“gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive”), Danish blød ‎(“soft”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.blu.iʁ/

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