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jaillir

jaillir

French

Verb

jaillir

  1. (of liquid, fire, etc.) to spurt out, gush forth
  2. (of person, animal) to spring out
  3. (of tower, obstruction) to thrust up, to jut out
  4. (of idea) to emerge from

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-.

Derived terms


Old French

Alternative forms

  • galir (common)
  • jalir (common)

Verb

jaillir

  1. (of a liquid, often blood) to spurt out; to shoot out

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (jaillir)