haïr

See also hair

French

Etymology

From Middle French haïr "to hate" from Old French haïr, hadir "to hate" (compare Old French enhadir "to become filled with hate"), from Frankish *hatjan "to hate" from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to hunt, rush, attack”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱād- (“strong emotion”). Akin to Old High German hezzen (“to hunt, pursue”), Old English hettan (“to pursue, persecute”), Old English hete (“hate, hatred”). More at hate, heinous.

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA: /a.iʁ/, X-SAMPA: /aiR/

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• (Canada) IPA: /a.iʁ/, /a.jiʁ/

Verb

haïr

1. (transitive) to hate

Usage notes

• Unlike in most of French words beginning with a vowel or h, this verb does not elide the vowels or the h if they precede this verb, i.e. "I hate you" is je te hais, not je t'hais.

Conjugation

• This verb is spelled as if conjugated like finir, but has a diaeresis throughout its conjugation (including where the circumflex would normally be used) except in the singular indicative present, whose forms are pronounced /ɛ/ in Standard French instead of /ai/, a pronunciation nonetheless often found in informal speech.

   Conjugation of haïr (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		haïr			avoir haï
gerund		en haïssant			en ayant haï
present participle		haïssant
past participle		haï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	hais	hais	hait	haïssons	haïssez	haïssent
	imperfect	haïssais	haïssais	haïssait	haïssions	haïssiez	haïssaient
	past historic1	haïs	haïs	haït	haïmes	haïtes	haïrent
	future	haïrai	haïras	haïra	haïrons	haïrez	haïront
	conditional	haïrais	haïrais	haïrait	haïrions	haïriez	haïraient
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	haïsse	haïsses	haïsse	haïssions	haïssiez	haïssent
	imperfect1	haïsse	haïsses	haït	haïssions	haïssiez	haïssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	hais	—	haïssons	haïssez	—
1literary tenses

See also

• dédaigner
• détester

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Old French

Alternative forms

• hadir

Etymology

From Frankish *hatjan.

Verb

haïr

1. to hate

Related terms

• haïne

Descendants

• French: haïr
• Jèrriais: haï