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barrir

barrir

French

Verb

barrir

  1. to trumpet (to make the sound of an elephant's cry)

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 barrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive barrir avoir barri
gerund en barrissant en ayant barri
present participle barrissant
/ba.ʁi.sɑ̃/
past participle barri
/ba.ʁi/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present barris
/ba.ʁi/ 		barris
/ba.ʁi/ 		barrit
/ba.ʁi/ 		barrissons
/ba.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		barrissez
/ba.ʁi.se/ 		barrissent
/ba.ʁis/
imperfect barrissais
/ba.ʁi.sɛ/ 		barrissais
/ba.ʁi.sɛ/ 		barrissait
/ba.ʁi.sɛ/ 		barrissions
/ba.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		barrissiez
/ba.ʁi.sje/ 		barrissaient
/ba.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic1 barris
/ba.ʁi/ 		barris
/ba.ʁi/ 		barrit
/ba.ʁi/ 		barrîmes
/ba.ʁim/ 		barrîtes
/ba.ʁit/ 		barrirent
/ba.ʁiʁ/
future barrirai
/ba.ʁi.ʁe/ 		barriras
/ba.ʁi.ʁa/ 		barrira
/ba.ʁi.ʁa/ 		barrirons
/ba.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		barrirez
/ba.ʁi.ʁe/ 		barriront
/ba.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional barrirais
/ba.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		barrirais
/ba.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		barrirait
/ba.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		barririons
/ba.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		barririez
/ba.ʁi.ʁje/ 		barriraient
/ba.ʁi.ʁɛ/
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 barrisse
/ba.ʁis/ 		barrisses
/ba.ʁis/ 		barrisse
/ba.ʁis/ 		barrissions
/ba.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		barrissiez
/ba.ʁi.sje/ 		barrissent
/ba.ʁis/
imperfect1 barrisse
/ba.ʁis/ 		barrisses
/ba.ʁis/ 		barrît
/ba.ʁi/ 		barrissions
/ba.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		barrissiez
/ba.ʁi.sje/ 		barrissent
/ba.ʁis/
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 –
— barris
/ba.ʁi/ 		— barrissons
/ba.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		barrissez
/ba.ʁi.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

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Verb

barrir ‎(past participle barrido)

  1. (intransitive) to trumpet (of an elephant: to make its characteristic call)

Conjugation

Etymology

From Late Latin barrīre, present active infinitive of barriō ‎(“make the sound of an elephant's cry”), from barrus ‎(“elephant”).

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