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flétrir
flétrir
French
Verb
flétrir
Etymology 2
Alteration of Old French flatir (under influence of Etymology 1, above), probably from Frankish *flatjan (“move the palm of one's hand”).
Verb
flétrir
- (transitive, obsolete) to brand (as punishment)
- (transitive, obsolete) to condemn
- (transitive, obsolete) to blacken, besmirch (someone's reputation etc.)
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 flétrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | flétrir | avoir flétri | |||||
| gerund | en flétrissant | en ayant flétri | |||||
| present participle | flétrissant /fle.tʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | flétri /fle.tʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flétris /fle.tʁi/ |
flétris /fle.tʁi/ |
flétrit /fle.tʁi/ |
flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/ |
flétrissez /fle.tʁi.se/ |
flétrissent /fle.tʁis/ |
| imperfect | flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/ |
flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/ |
flétrissait /fle.tʁi.sɛ/ |
flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/ |
flétrissaient /fle.tʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | flétris /fle.tʁi/ |
flétris /fle.tʁi/ |
flétrit /fle.tʁi/ |
flétrîmes /fle.tʁim/ |
flétrîtes /fle.tʁit/ |
flétrirent /fle.tʁiʁ/ |
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| future | flétrirai /fle.tʁi.ʁe/ |
flétriras /fle.tʁi.ʁa/ |
flétrira /fle.tʁi.ʁa/ |
flétrirons /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
flétrirez /fle.tʁi.ʁe/ |
flétriront /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/ |
flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/ |
flétrirait /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/ |
flétririons /fle.tʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flétririez /fle.tʁi.ʁje/ |
flétriraient /fle.tʁi.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 | flétrisse /fle.tʁis/ |
flétrisses /fle.tʁis/ |
flétrisse /fle.tʁis/ |
flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/ |
flétrissent /fle.tʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
flétrisse /fle.tʁis/ |
flétrisses /fle.tʁis/ |
flétrît /fle.tʁi/ |
flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/ |
flétrissent /fle.tʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | flétris /fle.tʁi/ |
— | flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/ |
flétrissez /fle.tʁi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||