languir
French
Etymology
From Old French languir, from Vulgar Latin *languīre, from Latin languēre, present active infinitive of langueō.
Pronunciation
Verb
languir
- (intransitive) to languish
- (intransitive) to lie torpid
- (intransitive) to flag, die down, slack off, be slack
- (intransitive) to wither, weaken
- (reflexive, with de) to long, pine, or yearn (for)
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 languir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | languir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | languissant /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | langui /lɑ̃.ɡi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
imperfect | languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissait /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissaient /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languîmes /lɑ̃.ɡim/ |
languîtes /lɑ̃.ɡit/ |
languirent /lɑ̃.ɡiʁ/ | |
future | languirai /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiras /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languira /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languirons /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ |
languirez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiront /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirait /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirions /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
languiriez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁje/ |
languiraient /lɑ̃.ɡi.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 | languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
imperfect2 | languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languît /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
— | languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.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
- “languir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *languīre, from Latin languēre, present active infinitive of langueō.
Verb
languir
- to suffer a long, distressing illness
Descendants
References
- languir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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