hennir
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hinnire.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /e.niʁ/, /ɛ.niʁ/ ~ /e.niʁ/, (obsolete) /a.niʁ/
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Verb
hennir
- (intransitive) To neigh or whinny
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 hennir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | hennir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | hennissant /e.ni.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | henni /e.ni/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | hennis /e.ni/ |
hennis /e.ni/ |
hennit /e.ni/ |
hennissons /e.ni.sɔ̃/ |
hennissez /e.ni.se/ |
hennissent /e.nis/ |
imperfect | hennissais /e.ni.sɛ/ |
hennissais /e.ni.sɛ/ |
hennissait /e.ni.sɛ/ |
hennissions /e.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
hennissiez /e.ni.sje/ |
hennissaient /e.ni.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | hennis /e.ni/ |
hennis /e.ni/ |
hennit /e.ni/ |
hennîmes /e.nim/ |
hennîtes /e.nit/ |
hennirent /e.niʁ/ | |
future | hennirai /e.ni.ʁe/ |
henniras /e.ni.ʁa/ |
hennira /e.ni.ʁa/ |
hennirons /e.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
hennirez /e.ni.ʁe/ |
henniront /e.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | hennirais /e.ni.ʁɛ/ |
hennirais /e.ni.ʁɛ/ |
hennirait /e.ni.ʁɛ/ |
hennirions /e.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
henniriez /e.ni.ʁje/ |
henniraient /e.ni.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 | hennisse /e.nis/ |
hennisses /e.nis/ |
hennisse /e.nis/ |
hennissions /e.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
hennissiez /e.ni.sje/ |
hennissent /e.nis/ |
imperfect2 | hennisse /e.nis/ |
hennisses /e.nis/ |
hennît /e.ni/ |
hennissions /e.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
hennissiez /e.ni.sje/ |
hennissent /e.nis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | hennis /e.ni/ |
— | hennissons /e.ni.sɔ̃/ |
hennissez /e.ni.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
- “hennir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.