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jaunir

jaunir

French

Verb

jaunir

  1. (intransitive) to go yellow, to turn yellow
    1. (of bananas) to ripen
  2. (transitive) to make yellow

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-.

Related terms

  • jaunissage
  • jaunissure