ébahir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French esbahir, esbaier, from Vulgar Latin *exbatāre, from Early Medieval Latin batāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ba.iʁ/
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Verb

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ébahir

  1. to astonish, to astound

Conjugation

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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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