frire
French
Etymology
From Old French frire, from Latin frīgere, present active infinitive of frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Pronunciation
Verb
frire (defective)
- (defective) to fry (cook in hot fat)
Conjugation
This verb is defective and it is not conjugated in certain tenses and plural persons. Using faire frire is recommended. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
infinitive | simple | frire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | frisant /fʁi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | frit /fʁi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | — | — | frit /fʁi/ |
— | — | — |
imperfect | — | — | frisait /fʁi.zɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
past historic2 | — | — | frit /fʁi/ |
— | — | — | |
future | — | — | frira /fʁi.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | frirait /fʁi.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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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
- “frire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Latin frīgere, present active infinitive of frīgō.
Verb
frire
- to fry
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | frire | avoir frit | |||||
gerund | en frïant, frisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | frïant, frisant | ||||||
past participle | frit | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | fris | fris | frit, frist | frisons | frisiez | frïent, frisent |
imperfect | frisoie, friseie | frisoies, friseies | frïoit, frïeit, frisoit, friseit | frisiiens, frisiens | frisiiez, frisiez | frisoient, friseient | |
preterite | fris | freṣis | frist | freṣimes | freṣistes | frisdrent | |
future | frirai | friras | frira | frirons | friroiz, frireiz, frirez | friront | |
conditional | friroie, frireie | friroies, frireies | friroit, frireit | fririiens, fririens | fririiez, fririez | friroient, frireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | frise | frises | frise | frisiens, frisons | frisiez | frisent |
imperfect | freṣisse | freṣisses | freṣist | freṣissons, freṣissiens | freṣissoiz, freṣissez, freṣissiez | freṣissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | fris | — | frisons | frisiez | — |
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