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frire
frire
French
Verb
frire (defective)
- (defective) to fry (cook in hot fat)
Conjugation
This verb is defective and it is not conjugated in certain tenses and plural persons. Using faire frire is recommended.
Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | frire | avoir frit | |||||
| gerund | en frisant | en ayant frit | |||||
| present participle | frisant /fʁi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | frit /fʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fris /fʁi/ |
fris /fʁi/ |
frit /fʁi/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | frisais /fʁi.zɛ/ |
frisais /fʁi.zɛ/ |
frisait /fʁi.zɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | fris /fʁi/ |
fris /fʁi/ |
frit /fʁi/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | frirai /fʁi.ʁe/ |
friras /fʁi.ʁa/ |
frira /fʁi.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | frirais /fʁi.ʁɛ/ |
frirais /fʁi.ʁɛ/ |
frirait /fʁi.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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | fris /fʁi/ |
— | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Latin frīgere, present active infinitive of frīgō.
Verb
frire
- to fry
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | frire | avoir frit | |||||
| gerund | en frïant, frisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | frïant, frisant | ||||||
| past participle | frit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | fris | fris | frit, frist | frisons | frisiez | frïent, frisent |
| imperfect | frisoie, friseie | frisoies, friseies | frïoit, frïeit, frisoit, friseit | frisiiens, frisiens | frisiiez, frisiez | frisoient, friseient | |
| preterite | fris | freṣis | frist | freṣimes | freṣistes | frisdrent | |
| future | frirai | friras | frira | frirons | friroiz, frireiz, frirez | friront | |
| conditional | friroie, frireie | friroies, frireies | friroit, frireit | fririiens, fririens | fririiez, fririez | friroient, frireient | |
| 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 | frise | frises | frise | frisiens, frisons | frisiez | frisent |
| imperfect | freṣisse | freṣisses | freṣist | freṣissons, freṣissiens | freṣissoiz, freṣissez, freṣissiez | freṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | fris | — | frisons | frisiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: frire