assouvir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (satisfy), from Latin sōpīre (to sleep) (influenced by Old French assevir (attain)). Doublet of assoupir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.su.viʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

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assouvir

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)
    • 2019 September 11, “Cinéma : avec « Deux moi », Cédric Klapisch dresse le portrait des trentenaires d’aujourd’hui”, in Le Monde[1]:
      Dix-sept ans après la sociabilité frénétique de L’Auberge espagnole (2002) où la soif de rencontres se trouvait vite assouvie et même débordée, []
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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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Further reading

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