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froidir
froidir
French
Verb
froidir
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 froidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | froidir | avoir froidi | |||||
| gerund | en froidissant | en ayant froidi | |||||
| present participle | froidissant /fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | froidi /fʁwa.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ |
froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ |
| imperfect | froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissait /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissaient /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ |
froidîmes /fʁwa.dim/ |
froidîtes /fʁwa.dit/ |
froidirent /fʁwa.diʁ/ |
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| future | froidirai /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ |
froidiras /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ |
froidira /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ |
froidirons /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
froidirez /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ |
froidiront /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirait /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirions /fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
froidiriez /fʁwa.di.ʁje/ |
froidiraient /fʁwa.di.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 | froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ |
| imperfect1 |
froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidît /fʁwa.di/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
— | froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ |
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Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
Verb
froidir
- to chill; to cool
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
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Li cuer el ventre li froidis.
- His heart in his stomach chilled him.
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Li cuer el ventre li froidis.
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