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ennoblir
ennoblir
French
Verb
ennoblir
- (transitive) to ennoble
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 ennoblir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ennoblir | avoir ennobli | |||||
| gerund | en ennoblissant | en ayant ennobli | |||||
| present participle | ennoblissant /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ennobli /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblit /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblissons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
ennoblissez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.se/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
| imperfect | ennoblissais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissait /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissaient /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblit /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblîmes /ɑ̃.nɔ.blim/ |
ennoblîtes /ɑ̃.nɔ.blit/ |
ennoblirent /ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ/ |
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| future | ennoblirai /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁe/ |
ennobliras /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁa/ |
ennoblira /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁa/ |
ennoblirons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
ennoblirez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁe/ |
ennobliront /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ennoblirais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirait /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ennobliriez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁje/ |
ennobliraient /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.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 | ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisses /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
| imperfect1 |
ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisses /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblît /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
— | ennoblissons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
ennoblissez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.se/ |
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