vieillir
French
Etymology
From vieux, vieil (“old”) + -ir. Compare Catalan envellir, Spanish envejecer, Portuguese envelhecer.
Pronunciation
Verb
vieillir
- (intransitive) to grow old, to age
- (transitive) to make (someone) look older
- (reflexive) to make oneself look older
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 vieillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vieillir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vieillissant /vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃/ or /vje.ji.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vieilli /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vieillis /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillis /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillit /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillissons /vjɛ.ji.sɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.sɔ̃/ |
vieillissez /vjɛ.ji.se/ or /vje.ji.se/ |
vieillissent /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
| imperfect | vieillissais /vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /vje.ji.sɛ/ |
vieillissais /vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /vje.ji.sɛ/ |
vieillissait /vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /vje.ji.sɛ/ |
vieillissions /vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vieillissiez /vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vje.ji.sje/ |
vieillissaient /vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /vje.ji.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vieillis /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillis /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillit /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillîmes /vjɛ.jim/ or /vje.jim/ |
vieillîtes /vjɛ.jit/ or /vje.jit/ |
vieillirent /vjɛ.jiʁ/ or /vje.jiʁ/ | |
| future | vieillirai /vjɛ.ji.ʁe/ or /vje.ji.ʁe/ |
vieilliras /vjɛ.ji.ʁa/ or /vje.ji.ʁa/ |
vieillira /vjɛ.ji.ʁa/ or /vje.ji.ʁa/ |
vieillirons /vjɛ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.ʁɔ̃/ |
vieillirez /vjɛ.ji.ʁe/ or /vje.ji.ʁe/ |
vieilliront /vjɛ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vieillirais /vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
vieillirais /vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
vieillirait /vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
vieillirions /vjɛ.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vieilliriez /vjɛ.ji.ʁje/ or /vje.ji.ʁje/ |
vieilliraient /vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /vje.ji.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 | vieillisse /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
vieillisses /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
vieillisse /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
vieillissions /vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vieillissiez /vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vje.ji.sje/ |
vieillissent /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
| imperfect2 | vieillisse /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
vieillisses /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ |
vieillît /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
vieillissions /vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vieillissiez /vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vje.ji.sje/ |
vieillissent /vjɛ.jis/ or /vje.jis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vieillis /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ |
— | vieillissons /vjɛ.ji.sɔ̃/ or /vje.ji.sɔ̃/ |
vieillissez /vjɛ.ji.se/ or /vje.ji.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). | |||||||
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 se vieillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se vieillir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se vieillissant /sə vjɛ.ji.sɑ̃/ or /sə vje.ji.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vieilli /vjɛ.ji/ or /vje.ji/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me vieillis /mə vjɛ.ji/ or /mə vje.ji/ |
te vieillis /tə vjɛ.ji/ or /tə vje.ji/ |
se vieillit /sə vjɛ.ji/ or /sə vje.ji/ |
nous vieillissons /nu vjɛ.ji.sɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.sɔ̃/ |
vous vieillissez /vu vjɛ.ji.se/ or /vu vje.ji.se/ |
se vieillissent /sə vjɛ.jis/ or /sə vje.jis/ |
| imperfect | me vieillissais /mə vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /mə vje.ji.sɛ/ |
te vieillissais /tə vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /tə vje.ji.sɛ/ |
se vieillissait /sə vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /sə vje.ji.sɛ/ |
nous vieillissions /nu vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vous vieillissiez /vu vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vu vje.ji.sje/ |
se vieillissaient /sə vjɛ.ji.sɛ/ or /sə vje.ji.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me vieillis /mə vjɛ.ji/ or /mə vje.ji/ |
te vieillis /tə vjɛ.ji/ or /tə vje.ji/ |
se vieillit /sə vjɛ.ji/ or /sə vje.ji/ |
nous vieillîmes /nu vjɛ.jim/ or /nu vje.jim/ |
vous vieillîtes /vu vjɛ.jit/ or /vu vje.jit/ |
se vieillirent /sə vjɛ.jiʁ/ or /sə vje.jiʁ/ | |
| future | me vieillirai /mə vjɛ.ji.ʁe/ or /mə vje.ji.ʁe/ |
te vieilliras /tə vjɛ.ji.ʁa/ or /tə vje.ji.ʁa/ |
se vieillira /sə vjɛ.ji.ʁa/ or /sə vje.ji.ʁa/ |
nous vieillirons /nu vjɛ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous vieillirez /vu vjɛ.ji.ʁe/ or /vu vje.ji.ʁe/ |
se vieilliront /sə vjɛ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə vje.ji.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me vieillirais /mə vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /mə vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
te vieillirais /tə vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tə vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
se vieillirait /sə vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /sə vje.ji.ʁɛ/ |
nous vieillirions /nu vjɛ.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous vieilliriez /vu vjɛ.ji.ʁje/ or /vu vje.ji.ʁje/ |
se vieilliraient /sə vjɛ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /sə vje.ji.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me vieillisse /mə vjɛ.jis/ or /mə vje.jis/ |
te vieillisses /tə vjɛ.jis/ or /tə vje.jis/ |
se vieillisse /sə vjɛ.jis/ or /sə vje.jis/ |
nous vieillissions /nu vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vous vieillissiez /vu vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vu vje.ji.sje/ |
se vieillissent /sə vjɛ.jis/ or /sə vje.jis/ |
| imperfect2 | me vieillisse /mə vjɛ.jis/ or /mə vje.jis/ |
te vieillisses /tə vjɛ.jis/ or /tə vje.jis/ |
se vieillît /sə vjɛ.ji/ or /sə vje.ji/ |
nous vieillissions /nu vjɛ.ji.sjɔ̃/ or /nu vje.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
vous vieillissiez /vu vjɛ.ji.sje/ or /vu vje.ji.sje/ |
se vieillissent /sə vjɛ.jis/ or /sə vje.jis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vieillis-toi /vjɛ.ji.twa/ or /vje.ji.twa/ |
— | vieillissons-nous /vjɛ.ji.sɔ̃.nu/ or /vje.ji.sɔ̃.nu/ |
vieillissez-vous /vjɛ.ji.se.vu/ or /vje.ji.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “vieillir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.