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adoucir
adoucir
French
Verb
adoucir
- to make mild
- to sweeten
- to soften
- (figuratively, by extension) to appease
- (reflexive, s'adoucir) to become milder
Derived terms
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 adoucir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | adoucir | avoir adouci | |||||
| gerund | en adoucissant | en ayant adouci | |||||
| present participle | adoucissant /a.du.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | adouci /a.du.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | adoucis /a.du.si/ |
adoucis /a.du.si/ |
adoucit /a.du.si/ |
adoucissons /a.du.si.sɔ̃/ |
adoucissez /a.du.si.se/ |
adoucissent /a.du.sis/ |
| imperfect | adoucissais /a.du.si.sɛ/ |
adoucissais /a.du.si.sɛ/ |
adoucissait /a.du.si.sɛ/ |
adoucissions /a.du.si.sjɔ̃/ |
adoucissiez /a.du.si.sje/ |
adoucissaient /a.du.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | adoucis /a.du.si/ |
adoucis /a.du.si/ |
adoucit /a.du.si/ |
adoucîmes /a.du.sim/ |
adoucîtes /a.du.sit/ |
adoucirent /a.du.siʁ/ |
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| future | adoucirai /a.du.si.ʁe/ |
adouciras /a.du.si.ʁa/ |
adoucira /a.du.si.ʁa/ |
adoucirons /a.du.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
adoucirez /a.du.si.ʁe/ |
adouciront /a.du.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | adoucirais /a.du.si.ʁɛ/ |
adoucirais /a.du.si.ʁɛ/ |
adoucirait /a.du.si.ʁɛ/ |
adoucirions /a.du.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adouciriez /a.du.si.ʁje/ |
adouciraient /a.du.si.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | adoucisse /a.du.sis/ |
adoucisses /a.du.sis/ |
adoucisse /a.du.sis/ |
adoucissions /a.du.si.sjɔ̃/ |
adoucissiez /a.du.si.sje/ |
adoucissent /a.du.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
adoucisse /a.du.sis/ |
adoucisses /a.du.sis/ |
adoucît /a.du.si/ |
adoucissions /a.du.si.sjɔ̃/ |
adoucissiez /a.du.si.sje/ |
adoucissent /a.du.sis/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | adoucis /a.du.si/ |
— | adoucissons /a.du.si.sɔ̃/ |
adoucissez /a.du.si.se/ |
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