rougir
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French rogir, from roge + -ir. Equivalent to Modern French rouge + -ir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rougir
- (intransitive) to redden
- (intransitive) to blush
- Synonym: piquer un fard
Conjugation
[edit]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 rougir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rougir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rougissant /ʁu.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rougi /ʁu.ʒi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rougis /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougis /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougit /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougissons /ʁu.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
rougissez /ʁu.ʒi.se/ |
rougissent /ʁu.ʒis/ |
imperfect | rougissais /ʁu.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rougissais /ʁu.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rougissait /ʁu.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rougissions /ʁu.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rougissiez /ʁu.ʒi.sje/ |
rougissaient /ʁu.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rougis /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougis /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougit /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougîmes /ʁu.ʒim/ |
rougîtes /ʁu.ʒit/ |
rougirent /ʁu.ʒiʁ/ | |
future | rougirai /ʁu.ʒi.ʁe/ |
rougiras /ʁu.ʒi.ʁa/ |
rougira /ʁu.ʒi.ʁa/ |
rougirons /ʁu.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rougirez /ʁu.ʒi.ʁe/ |
rougiront /ʁu.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rougirais /ʁu.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rougirais /ʁu.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rougirait /ʁu.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rougirions /ʁu.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rougiriez /ʁu.ʒi.ʁje/ |
rougiraient /ʁu.ʒi.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 | rougisse /ʁu.ʒis/ |
rougisses /ʁu.ʒis/ |
rougisse /ʁu.ʒis/ |
rougissions /ʁu.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rougissiez /ʁu.ʒi.sje/ |
rougissent /ʁu.ʒis/ |
imperfect2 | rougisse /ʁu.ʒis/ |
rougisses /ʁu.ʒis/ |
rougît /ʁu.ʒi/ |
rougissions /ʁu.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rougissiez /ʁu.ʒi.sje/ |
rougissent /ʁu.ʒis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rougis /ʁu.ʒi/ |
— | rougissons /ʁu.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
rougissez /ʁu.ʒi.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
[edit]- “rougir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.