grossir

French

Etymology

From gros +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo.siʁ/

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Verb

grossir

1. (transitive) to increase, to make larger
2. (transitive) to plump up
3. (intransitive) to put on weight, to gain weight; to get fat

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 grossir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grossir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grossissant /ɡʁo.si.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grossi /ɡʁo.si/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grossis /ɡʁo.si/	grossis /ɡʁo.si/	grossit /ɡʁo.si/	grossissons /ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/	grossissez /ɡʁo.si.se/	grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/
	imperfect	grossissais /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/	grossissais /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/	grossissait /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/	grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/	grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/	grossissaient /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/
	past historic2	grossis /ɡʁo.si/	grossis /ɡʁo.si/	grossit /ɡʁo.si/	grossîmes /ɡʁo.sim/	grossîtes /ɡʁo.sit/	grossirent /ɡʁo.siʁ/
	future	grossirai /ɡʁo.si.ʁe/	grossiras /ɡʁo.si.ʁa/	grossira /ɡʁo.si.ʁa/	grossirons /ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/	grossirez /ɡʁo.si.ʁe/	grossiront /ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grossirais /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/	grossirais /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/	grossirait /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/	grossirions /ɡʁo.si.ʁjɔ̃/	grossiriez /ɡʁo.si.ʁje/	grossiraient /ɡʁo.si.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	grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/	grossisses /ɡʁo.sis/	grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/	grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/	grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/	grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/
	imperfect2	grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/	grossisses /ɡʁo.sis/	grossît /ɡʁo.si/	grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/	grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/	grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grossis /ɡʁo.si/	—	grossissons /ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/	grossissez /ɡʁo.si.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Antonyms

• amincir
• maigrir
• mincir

Derived terms

• grossir le trait

Derived terms

• grossissement

Further reading

• “grossir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

Since Old French, from gros (“thick”) +‎ -ir.

Verb

grossir

1. (transitive) to make bigger
2. (intransitive) to become bigger

Descendants

• French: grossir