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assouplir
assouplir
French
Verb
assouplir
- (transitive) to soften (make softer)
- (transitive) to make more supple
- (transitive) to relax (of e.g. a law or rule make less strict)
- (reflexive) to soften up, get soft (become softer)
- (reflexive) to become more supple
- (reflexive) to become relaxed, relax (become less strict)
- (reflexive) to limber up
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 assouplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | assouplir | avoir assoupli | |||||
| gerund | en assouplissant | en ayant assoupli | |||||
| present participle | assouplissant /a.su.pli.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | assoupli /a.su.pli/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | assouplis /a.su.pli/ |
assouplis /a.su.pli/ |
assouplit /a.su.pli/ |
assouplissons /a.su.pli.sɔ̃/ |
assouplissez /a.su.pli.se/ |
assouplissent /a.su.plis/ |
| imperfect | assouplissais /a.su.pli.sɛ/ |
assouplissais /a.su.pli.sɛ/ |
assouplissait /a.su.pli.sɛ/ |
assouplissions /a.su.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
assouplissiez /a.su.pli.sje/ |
assouplissaient /a.su.pli.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | assouplis /a.su.pli/ |
assouplis /a.su.pli/ |
assouplit /a.su.pli/ |
assouplîmes /a.su.plim/ |
assouplîtes /a.su.plit/ |
assouplirent /a.su.pliʁ/ |
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| future | assouplirai /a.su.pli.ʁe/ |
assoupliras /a.su.pli.ʁa/ |
assouplira /a.su.pli.ʁa/ |
assouplirons /a.su.pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
assouplirez /a.su.pli.ʁe/ |
assoupliront /a.su.pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | assouplirais /a.su.pli.ʁɛ/ |
assouplirais /a.su.pli.ʁɛ/ |
assouplirait /a.su.pli.ʁɛ/ |
assouplirions /a.su.pli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assoupliriez /a.su.pli.ʁje/ |
assoupliraient /a.su.pli.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 | assouplisse /a.su.plis/ |
assouplisses /a.su.plis/ |
assouplisse /a.su.plis/ |
assouplissions /a.su.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
assouplissiez /a.su.pli.sje/ |
assouplissent /a.su.plis/ |
| imperfect1 |
assouplisse /a.su.plis/ |
assouplisses /a.su.plis/ |
assouplît /a.su.pli/ |
assouplissions /a.su.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
assouplissiez /a.su.pli.sje/ |
assouplissent /a.su.plis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | assouplis /a.su.pli/ |
— | assouplissons /a.su.pli.sɔ̃/ |
assouplissez /a.su.pli.se/ |
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