blottir
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Middle Low German blotten.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /blɔ.tiʁ/
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Verb
[edit]blottir
- (pronominal) to snuggle, to huddle
- se blottir contre x ― snuggle [up]/huddle against x
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-.
Conjugation of blottir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | blottir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | blottissant /blɔ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | blotti /blɔ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | blottis /blɔ.ti/ |
blottis /blɔ.ti/ |
blottit /blɔ.ti/ |
blottissons /blɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
blottissez /blɔ.ti.se/ |
blottissent /blɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect | blottissais /blɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
blottissais /blɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
blottissait /blɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/ |
blottissaient /blɔ.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | blottis /blɔ.ti/ |
blottis /blɔ.ti/ |
blottit /blɔ.ti/ |
blottîmes /blɔ.tim/ |
blottîtes /blɔ.tit/ |
blottirent /blɔ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | blottirai /blɔ.ti.ʁe/ |
blottiras /blɔ.ti.ʁa/ |
blottira /blɔ.ti.ʁa/ |
blottirons /blɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
blottirez /blɔ.ti.ʁe/ |
blottiront /blɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blottirais /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
blottirais /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
blottirait /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
blottirions /blɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blottiriez /blɔ.ti.ʁje/ |
blottiraient /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | blottisse /blɔ.tis/ |
blottisses /blɔ.tis/ |
blottisse /blɔ.tis/ |
blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/ |
blottissent /blɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | blottisse /blɔ.tis/ |
blottisses /blɔ.tis/ |
blottît /blɔ.ti/ |
blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/ |
blottissent /blɔ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blottis /blɔ.ti/ |
— | blottissons /blɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
blottissez /blɔ.ti.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “blottir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.