fuir

See also: fuïr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɥiʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

fuir

1. (intransitive) to escape
2. (transitive) to flee
3. (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak

   Le robinet fuit.

   The tap is leaking. (UK)
   The faucet is leaking. (US)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fuir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fuyant /fɥi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fui /fɥi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuis /fɥi/	fuis /fɥi/	fuit /fɥi/	fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/	fuyez /fɥi.je/	fuient /fɥi/
	imperfect	fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyait /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/	fuyiez /fɥij.je/	fuyaient /fɥi.jɛ/
	past historic2	fuis /fɥi/	fuis /fɥi/	fuit /fɥi/	fuîmes /fɥim/	fuîtes /fɥit/	fuirent /fɥiʁ/
	future	fuirai /fɥi.ʁe/	fuiras /fɥi.ʁa/	fuira /fɥi.ʁa/	fuirons /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/	fuirez /fɥi.ʁe/	fuiront /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirait /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirions /fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	fuiriez /fɥi.ʁje/	fuiraient /fɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuie /fɥi/	fuies /fɥi/	fuie /fɥi/	fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/	fuyiez /fɥij.je/	fuient /fɥi/
	imperfect2	fuisse /fɥis/	fuisses /fɥis/	fuît /fɥi/	fuissions /fɥi.sjɔ̃/	fuissiez /fɥi.sje/	fuissent /fɥis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fuis /fɥi/	—	fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/	fuyez /fɥi.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• fuir comme la peste

Related terms

• enfuir
• fugace
• fugitif
• fugue
• fuguer
• fuie
• fuite
• s’enfuir

 

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ir/

Noun

fuir n

1. fire
2. passion, emotion

Declension

Declension of fuir (neuter strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fuir	fuir
accusative	fuir	fuir
genitive	fuiris, -es	fuiro
dative	fuire, -i	fuiron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vuur
  • Dutch: vuur
    • Afrikaans: vuur
    • Javindo: vier
    • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
    • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
  • Limburgish: vuur
  • West Flemish: vier
  • Zealandic: vier

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• foïr
• fuïr

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō.

Verb

fuir

1. To flee.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fuir			avoir foï, fuï
gerund		en fuiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fuiant
past participle		foï, fuï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fui	fuis	fuit	fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	fuioie, fuieie	fuioies, fuieies	fuioit, fuieit	fuiiiens, fuiiens	fuiiiez, fuiiez	fuioient, fuieient
	preterite	foï, fuï	foïs, fuïs	foï, fuï	foïmes, fuïmes	foïstes, fuïstes	foïrent, fuïrent
	future	fuirai	fuiras	fuira	fuirons	fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez	fuiront
	conditional	fuiroie, fuireie	fuiroies, fuireies	fuiroit, fuireit	fuiriiens, fuiriens	fuiriiez, fuiriez	fuiroient, fuireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fuie	fuies	fuie	fuiiens, fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	foïsse, fuïsse	foïsses, fuïsses	foïst, fuïst	foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens	foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez	foïssent, fuïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fui	—	fuions	fuiiez	—

Derived terms

• fuiant

Related terms

• fuie

Descendants

• French: fuir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈiɾ/ [fuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fu‧ir

Verb

fuir (first-person singular present fuyo, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle fuido)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of huir

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014