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blanchir
blanchir
French
Verb
blanchir
- to launder, wash
- Blanchir du linge.
- To wash linen.
- Blanchir du linge.
- to make white; to whiten
- La neige a blanchi les toits.
- The snow whitens the roofs.
- La neige a blanchi les toits.
- to grow or become white
- Les cheveux blanchissent avec l’âge.
- Hair whitens with age.
- Les cheveux blanchissent avec l’âge.
- to blanch or bleach
- Elle a blanchi quand elle a entendu les nouvelles.
- She blanched when she heard the news.
- Elle a blanchi quand elle a entendu les nouvelles.
- (money) to launder
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 blanchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | blanchir | avoir blanchi | |||||
| gerund | en blanchissant | en ayant blanchi | |||||
| present participle | blanchissant /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | blanchi /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchit /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchissons /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
blanchissez /blɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | blanchissais /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissais /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissait /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissaient /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchit /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchîmes /blɑ̃.ʃim/ |
blanchîtes /blɑ̃.ʃit/ |
blanchirent /blɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ |
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| future | blanchirai /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
blanchiras /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
blanchira /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
blanchirons /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
blanchirez /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
blanchiront /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | blanchirais /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirais /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirait /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirions /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blanchiriez /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁje/ |
blanchiraient /blɑ̃.ʃi.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 | blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisses /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect1 |
blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisses /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchît /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
— | blanchissons /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
blanchissez /blɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
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