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tressaillir
tressaillir
French
Verb
tressaillir
Conjugation
This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an ‘e’ in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir.
Conjugation of tressaillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tressaillir | avoir tressailli | |||||
| gerund | en tressaillant | en ayant tressailli | |||||
| present participle | tressaillant /tʁɛ.sa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tressailli /tʁɛ.sa.ji/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tressaille /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressailles /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressaille /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressaillons /tʁɛ.sa.jɔ̃/ |
tressaillez /tʁɛ.sa.je/ |
tressaillent /tʁɛ.saj/ |
| imperfect | tressaillais /tʁɛ.sa.jɛ/ |
tressaillais /tʁɛ.sa.jɛ/ |
tressaillait /tʁɛ.sa.jɛ/ |
tressaillions /tʁɛ.saj.jɔ̃/ |
tressailliez /tʁɛ.saj.je/ |
tressaillaient /tʁɛ.sa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tressaillis /tʁɛ.sa.ji/ |
tressaillis /tʁɛ.sa.ji/ |
tressaillit /tʁɛ.sa.ji/ |
tressaillîmes /tʁɛ.sa.jim/ |
tressaillîtes /tʁɛ.sa.jit/ |
tressaillirent /tʁɛ.sa.jiʁ/ |
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| future | tressaillirai or tressaillerai /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁe/ |
tressailliras or tressailleras /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁa/ |
tressaillira or tressaillera /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁa/ |
tressaillirons or tressaillerons /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁɔ̃/ |
tressaillirez or tressaillerez /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁe/ |
tressailliront or tressailleront /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tressaillirais or tressaillerais /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁɛ/ |
tressaillirais or tressaillerais /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁɛ/ |
tressaillirait or tressaillerait /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁɛ.saj.ʁɛ/ |
tressaillirions or tressaillerions /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁɛ.sa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tressailliriez or tressailleriez /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁje/ or /tʁɛ.sa.jə.ʁje/ |
tressailliraient or tressailleraient /tʁɛ.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁɛ.saj.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 | tressaille /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressailles /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressaille /tʁɛ.saj/ |
tressaillions /tʁɛ.saj.jɔ̃/ |
tressailliez /tʁɛ.saj.je/ |
tressaillent /tʁɛ.saj/ |
| imperfect1 |
tressaillisse /tʁɛ.sa.jis/ |
tressaillisses /tʁɛ.sa.jis/ |
tressaillît /tʁɛ.sa.ji/ |
tressaillissions /tʁɛ.sa.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
tressaillissiez /tʁɛ.sa.ji.sje/ |
tressaillissent /tʁɛ.sa.jis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tressaille /tʁɛ.saj/ |
— | tressaillons /tʁɛ.sa.jɔ̃/ |
tressaillez /tʁɛ.sa.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Etymology
Verb
tressaillir
- to jump over or jump across
- to jump for joy
Descendants
- Middle French: tressaillir
- French: tressaillir
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tressaillir, supplement)
- “tressaillir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).