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meurtrir

meurtrir

French

Verb

meurtrir

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to murder
  2. (transitive) to injure, hurt; to bruise, especially in reference to fruit; to leave a contusion
  3. (transitive) to hurt or injure someone's feelings

Usage notes

  • The verb tuer is more commonly used for "to murder" but may be ambiguous as it also refers to non-deliberate killing

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 meurtrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive meurtrir avoir meurtri
gerund en meurtrissant en ayant meurtri
present participle meurtrissant
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɑ̃/
past participle meurtri
/mœʁ.tʁi/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present meurtris
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtris
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtrit
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtrissons
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɔ̃/ 		meurtrissez
/mœʁ.tʁi.se/ 		meurtrissent
/mœʁ.tʁis/
imperfect meurtrissais
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɛ/ 		meurtrissais
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɛ/ 		meurtrissait
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɛ/ 		meurtrissions
/mœʁ.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		meurtrissiez
/mœʁ.tʁi.sje/ 		meurtrissaient
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɛ/
past historic1 meurtris
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtris
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtrit
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtrîmes
/mœʁ.tʁim/ 		meurtrîtes
/mœʁ.tʁit/ 		meurtrirent
/mœʁ.tʁiʁ/
future meurtrirai
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁe/ 		meurtriras
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁa/ 		meurtrira
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁa/ 		meurtrirons
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		meurtrirez
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁe/ 		meurtriront
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional meurtrirais
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁɛ/ 		meurtrirais
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁɛ/ 		meurtrirait
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁɛ/ 		meurtririons
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		meurtririez
/mœʁ.tʁi.ʁje/ 		meurtriraient
/mœʁ.tʁi.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 meurtrisse
/mœʁ.tʁis/ 		meurtrisses
/mœʁ.tʁis/ 		meurtrisse
/mœʁ.tʁis/ 		meurtrissions
/mœʁ.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		meurtrissiez
/mœʁ.tʁi.sje/ 		meurtrissent
/mœʁ.tʁis/
imperfect1 meurtrisse
/mœʁ.tʁis/ 		meurtrisses
/mœʁ.tʁis/ 		meurtrît
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		meurtrissions
/mœʁ.tʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		meurtrissiez
/mœʁ.tʁi.sje/ 		meurtrissent
/mœʁ.tʁis/
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 –
— meurtris
/mœʁ.tʁi/ 		— meurtrissons
/mœʁ.tʁi.sɔ̃/ 		meurtrissez
/mœʁ.tʁi.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

Related terms

Middle French

Verb

meurtrir

  1. to murder

Etymology

From Middle French meurtrir ‎(“to bruise, leave a mark on the skin, tear, hurt, to murder”) from Old French meurtrir, murtrir ‎(“to kill, slaughter, murder”), from Frankish *murþrijan ‎(“to murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrijaną ‎(“to kill, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- ‎(“murder, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr- ‎(“to die”). Akin to Old High German murd(r)jan ‎(“to kill, murder”) (German mördern ‎(“to murder”)), Old English myrþrian ‎(“to murder”), Old English morþor ‎(“death, murder”). More at murder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mœʁ.tʁiʁ/

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