gémir

See also gemir

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemere, present active infinitive of gemo.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gémir

1. To moan; to groan

See also

• gémissement

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 gémir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gémir			avoir or être gémi
gerund		en gémissant			en ayant gémi or en étant gémi
present participle		gémissant
past participle		gémi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gémis	gémis	gémit	gémissons	gémissez	gémissent
	imperfect	gémissais	gémissais	gémissait	gémissions	gémissiez	gémissaient
	past historic1	gémis	gémis	gémit	gémîmes	gémîtes	gémirent
	future	gémirai	gémiras	gémira	gémirons	gémirez	gémiront
	conditional	gémirais	gémirais	gémirait	gémirions	gémiriez	gémiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	gémisse	gémisses	gémisse	gémissions	gémissiez	gémissent
	imperfect1	gémisse	gémisses	gémît	gémissions	gémissiez	gémissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	gémis	—	gémissons	gémissez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• migre, migré