ourdir

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French ordir, from Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /uʁ.diʁ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

ourdir

  1. (transitive) to warp (set up a weaving frame)
  2. (transitive, by extension, literary) to plot (set up a plan)
    Synonym: fomenter

Conjugation[edit]

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-.

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