tressaillir

French

Etymology

From saillir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁesajiʁ/

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Verb

tressaillir

1. to thrill, shiver, quiver
2. to vibrate
3. to twitch, start, shudder, jump

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an ‘e’ in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir.

   Conjugation of tressaillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tressaillir			avoir tressailli
gerund		en tressaillant			en ayant tressailli
present participle		tressaillant
past participle		tressailli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tressaille	tressailles	tressaille	tressaillons	tressaillez	tressaillent
	imperfect	tressaillais	tressaillais	tressaillait	tressaillions	tressailliez	tressaillaient
	past historic1	tressaillis	tressaillis	tressaillit	tressaillîmes	tressaillîtes	tressaillirent
	future	tressaillirai	tressailliras	tressaillira	tressaillirons	tressaillirez	tressailliront
	conditional	tressaillirais	tressaillirais	tressaillirait	tressaillirions	tressailliriez	tressailliraient
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	tressaille	tressailles	tressaille	tressaillions	tressailliez	tressaillent
	imperfect1	tressaillisse	tressaillisses	tressaillît	tressaillissions	tressaillissiez	tressaillissent
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	–
		—	tressaille	—	tressaillons	tressaillez	—
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