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punir

punir

Catalan

Verb

punir (first-person singular present puneixo, past participle punit)

  1. to punish

Conjugation


French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre, present active infinitive of pūniō. May have been borrowed due to its late appearance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /py.niʁ/

Verb

punir

  1. to punish

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-.

Related terms


Middle French

Etymology

From Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir

  1. to punish

Descendants


Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal punir, from Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir

  1. to punish

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir

  1. to punish

Descendants


Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir

  1. to punish

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir (first-person singular present indicative puno, past participle punido)

  1. to punish

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pūnīre, present infinitive of pūniō.

Verb

punir (first-person singular present puno, first-person singular preterite puní, past participle punido)

  1. to punish

Conjugation