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accroupir
accroupir
French
Verb
accroupir
- (reflexive) to crouch, squat
- (reflexive, rare, literary) to debase oneself (morally)
- (transitive, rare) to make someone or something crouch or squat
Conjugation
- transitive
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 accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | accroupir | avoir accroupi | |||||
| gerund | en accroupissant | en ayant accroupi | |||||
| present participle | accroupissant /a.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.se/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect | accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissait /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissaient /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupîmes /a.kʁu.pim/ |
accroupîtes /a.kʁu.pit/ |
accroupirent /a.kʁu.piʁ/ |
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| future | accroupirai /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
accroupiras /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
accroupira /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
accroupirons /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
accroupirez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
accroupiront /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirait /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirions /a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accroupiriez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/ |
accroupiraient /a.kʁu.pi.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 | accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect1 |
accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupît /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
— | accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
- reflexive
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 s'accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | s'accroupir | s'être accroupi | |||||
| gerund | en s'accroupissant | en s'étant accroupi | |||||
| present participle | s'accroupissant /s‿a.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | m'accroupis /m‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
t'accroupis /t‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
s'accroupit /s‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupissons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.se/ |
s'accroupissent /s‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect | m'accroupissais /m‿a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
t'accroupissais /t‿a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
s'accroupissait /s‿a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s'accroupissaient /s‿a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | m'accroupis /m‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
t'accroupis /t‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
s'accroupit /s‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupîmes /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pim/ |
vous accroupîtes /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pit/ |
s'accroupirent /s‿a.kʁu.piʁ/ |
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| future | m'accroupirai /m‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
t'accroupiras /t‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
s'accroupira /s‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
nous accroupirons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous accroupirez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
s'accroupiront /s‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | m'accroupirais /m‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
t'accroupirais /t‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
s'accroupirait /s‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
nous accroupirions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupiriez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/ |
s'accroupiraient /s‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | m'accroupisse /m‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
t'accroupisses /t‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
s'accroupisse /s‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s'accroupissent /s‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect1 |
m'accroupisse /m‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
t'accroupisses /t‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
s'accroupît /s‿a.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s'accroupissent /s‿a.kʁu.pis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accroupis-toi /a.kʁu.pi.‿twa/ |
— | accroupissons-nous /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃.‿nu/ |
accroupissez-vous /a.kʁu.pi.se.‿vu/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
accroupir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of accroupir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accroupir | avoir accroupi | |||||
| gerund | en accroupissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | accroupissant | ||||||
| past participle | accroupi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | accroupis | accroupis | accroupist | accroupissons | accroupissez | accroupissent |
| imperfect | accroupissoie, accroupisseie | accroupissoies, accroupisseies | accroupissoit, accroupisseit | accroupissiiens, accroupissiens | accroupissiiez, accroupissiez | accroupissoient, accroupisseient | |
| preterite | accroupi | accroupis | accroupi | accroupimes | accroupistes | accroupirent | |
| future | accroupirai | accroupiras | accroupira | accroupirons | accroupiroiz, accroupireiz, accroupirez | accroupiront | |
| conditional | accroupiroie, accroupireie | accroupiroies, accroupireies | accroupiroit, accroupireit | accroupiriiens, accroupiriens | accroupiriiez, accroupiriez | accroupiroient, accroupireient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | accroupisse | accroupisses | accroupisse | accroupissons | accroupissez | accroupissent |
| imperfect | accroupisse | accroupisses | accroupist | accroupissons, accroupissiens | accroupissoiz, accroupissez, accroupissiez | accroupissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | accroupis | — | accroupissons | accroupissez | — | ||