froidir
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from froid + -ir
Pronunciation
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Verb
froidir
Conjugation
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 froidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | froidir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | froidissant /fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | froidi /fʁwa.di/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ |
froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ |
imperfect | froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissait /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissaient /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ |
froidîmes /fʁwa.dim/ |
froidîtes /fʁwa.dit/ |
froidirent /fʁwa.diʁ/ | |
future | froidirai /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ |
froidiras /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ |
froidira /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ |
froidirons /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
froidirez /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ |
froidiront /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirait /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirions /fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
froidiriez /fʁwa.di.ʁje/ |
froidiraient /fʁwa.di.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 | froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ |
imperfect2 | froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ |
froidît /fʁwa.di/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | froidis /fʁwa.di/ |
— | froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.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). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “froidir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Verb
froidir
- to chill; to cool
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Li cuer el ventre li froidis.
- His heart in his stomach chilled him.
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