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languir

languir

French

Verb

languir

  1. (intransitive) to languish
  2. (intransitive) to lie torpid
  3. (intransitive) to flag, drag on
  4. (intransitive) to wither, weaken
  5. (reflexive, with de) to long, pine, or yearn (for)

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-.


Old French

Etymology

Latin langueo.

Verb

languir

  1. to suffer a long, distressing illness

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