resplendir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.diʁ/

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Verb

resplendir

1. to glimmer, gleam, beam, sparkle

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 resplendir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	resplendir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	resplendissant /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		resplendi /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	resplendis /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendis /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendit /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendissons /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/	resplendissez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.se/	resplendissent /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/
	imperfect	resplendissais /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɛ/	resplendissais /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɛ/	resplendissait /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɛ/	resplendissions /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	resplendissiez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sje/	resplendissaient /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɛ/
	past historic2	resplendis /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendis /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendit /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendîmes /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dim/	resplendîtes /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dit/	resplendirent /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	resplendirai /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁe/	resplendiras /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁa/	resplendira /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁa/	resplendirons /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/	resplendirez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁe/	resplendiront /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	resplendirais /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/	resplendirais /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/	resplendirait /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/	resplendirions /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/	resplendiriez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.ʁje/	resplendiraient /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.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	resplendisse /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/	resplendisses /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/	resplendisse /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/	resplendissions /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	resplendissiez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sje/	resplendissent /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/
	imperfect2	resplendisse /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/	resplendisses /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/	resplendît /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	resplendissions /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	resplendissiez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sje/	resplendissent /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	resplendis /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di/	—	resplendissons /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/	resplendissez /ʁɛs.plɑ̃.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: 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).

Related terms

• resplendeur
• resplendissant

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• resplendre

Verb

resplendir

1. to glimmer, gleam, beam, sparkle

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). 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.

    Conjugation of resplendir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		resplendir			avoir resplendi
gerund		en resplendant, resplendissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		resplendant, resplendissant
past participle		resplendi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	resplent, resplendis	resplenz, resplendis	resplent, resplendist	resplendons, resplendissons	resplendez, resplendissez	resplendent, resplendissent
	imperfect	resplendoie, resplendeie, resplendissoie, resplendisseie	resplendoies, resplendeies, resplendissoies, resplendisseies	resplendoit, resplendeit, resplendissoit, resplendisseit	resplendiiens, resplendiens, resplendissiiens, resplendissiens	resplendiiez, resplendiez, resplendissiiez, resplendissiez	resplendoient, resplendeient, resplendissoient, resplendisseient
	preterite	resplendi	resplendis	resplendié	resplendimes	resplendistes	resplendierent
	future	resplendirai	resplendiras	resplendira	resplendirons	resplendiroiz, resplendireiz, resplendirez	resplendiront
	conditional	resplendiroie, resplendireie	resplendiroies, resplendireies	resplendiroit, resplendireit	resplendiriiens, resplendiriens	resplendiriiez, resplendiriez	resplendiroient, resplendireient
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	resplende, resplendisse	resplendes, resplendisses	resplende, resplendisse	resplendons, resplendissons	resplendez, resplendissez	resplendent, resplendissent
	imperfect	resplendisse	resplendisses	resplendist	resplendissons, resplendissiens	resplendissoiz, resplendissez, resplendissiez	resplendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	resplent, resplendis	—	resplendons, resplendissons	resplendez, resplendissez	—

Further reading

• Etymology and history of “resplendir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (resplendir, supplement)