aboutir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French aboutir, from Old French aboutir (to endure stubbornly, persist), derived from bouter (to persist), ultimately of Germanic origin. By surface analysis, a- +‎ bouter. See also bout.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.bu.tiʁ/
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Verb

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aboutir (intransitive)

  1. (literally) to lead to, to end up in, to reach [+ à (object)]
  2. (figuratively) to lead to, to have the consequence of [+ à (object)]
  3. to reach a conclusion, to succeed
  4. to touch by one end

Conjugation

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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-.

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