blêmir
French
Etymology
From Middle French blêmir, from Old French blemir, blesmir, from Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to grow pale; make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“shining, white, fair, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Old High German blas (“white; having a blaze”) and English blaze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɛ.miʁ/
Verb
blêmir
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 blêmir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blêmir | avoir blêmi | |||||
| gerund | en blêmissant | en ayant blêmi | |||||
| present participle | blêmissant /blɛ.mi.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | blêmi /blɛ.mi/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | blêmis /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmis /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmit /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmissons /blɛ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
blêmissez /blɛ.mi.se/ |
blêmissent /blɛ.mis/ |
| imperfect | blêmissais /blɛ.mi.sɛ/ |
blêmissais /blɛ.mi.sɛ/ |
blêmissait /blɛ.mi.sɛ/ |
blêmissions /blɛ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
blêmissiez /blɛ.mi.sje/ |
blêmissaient /blɛ.mi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | blêmis /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmis /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmit /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmîmes /blɛ.mim/ |
blêmîtes /blɛ.mit/ |
blêmirent /blɛ.miʁ/ | |
| future | blêmirai /blɛ.mi.ʁe/ |
blêmiras /blɛ.mi.ʁa/ |
blêmira /blɛ.mi.ʁa/ |
blêmirons /blɛ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
blêmirez /blɛ.mi.ʁe/ |
blêmiront /blɛ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blêmirais /blɛ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
blêmirais /blɛ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
blêmirait /blɛ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
blêmirions /blɛ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blêmiriez /blɛ.mi.ʁje/ |
blêmiraient /blɛ.mi.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | blêmisse /blɛ.mis/ |
blêmisses /blɛ.mis/ |
blêmisse /blɛ.mis/ |
blêmissions /blɛ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
blêmissiez /blɛ.mi.sje/ |
blêmissent /blɛ.mis/ |
| imperfect1 | blêmisse /blɛ.mis/ |
blêmisses /blɛ.mis/ |
blêmît /blɛ.mi/ |
blêmissions /blɛ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
blêmissiez /blɛ.mi.sje/ |
blêmissent /blɛ.mis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | blêmis /blɛ.mi/ |
— | blêmissons /blɛ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
blêmissez /blɛ.mi.se/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- blême
- blémissement / blêmissement
Further reading
- “blêmir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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