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obscurcir
obscurcir
French
Verb
obscurcir
- to darken (a colour)
- (figuratively) to obscure, to blur
- (computing) to obfuscate
- (reflexive, of sky) to darken
- (reflexive) to become obscure
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 obscurcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | obscurcir | avoir obscurci | |||||
| gerund | en obscurcissant | en ayant obscurci | |||||
| present participle | obscurcissant /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | obscurci /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect | obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissaient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcîmes /ɔp.skyʁ.sim/ |
obscurcîtes /ɔp.skyʁ.sit/ |
obscurcirent /ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ/ |
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| future | obscurcirai /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
obscurciras /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
obscurcira /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
obscurcirons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
obscurcirez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
obscurciront /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obscurciriez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁje/ |
obscurciraient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.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 | obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcît /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
— | obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/ |
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