jaillir

French

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *galīre, from Transalpine Gaulish *gali- (“boil, gush, well up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.jiʁ/
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Verb

jaillir

  1. (of liquid, fire, etc.) to spurt out, gush forth
  2. (of person, animal) to spring out
  3. (of tower, obstruction) to thrust up, to jut out
  4. (of idea) to emerge from

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 jaillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive jaillir avoir jailli
gerund en jaillissant en ayant jailli
present participle jaillissant
/ʒa.ji.sɑ̃/
past participle jailli
/ʒa.ji/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present jaillis
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillis
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillit
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillissons
/ʒa.ji.sɔ̃/		 jaillissez
/ʒa.ji.se/		 jaillissent
/ʒa.jis/
imperfect jaillissais
/ʒa.ji.sɛ/		 jaillissais
/ʒa.ji.sɛ/		 jaillissait
/ʒa.ji.sɛ/		 jaillissions
/ʒa.ji.sjɔ̃/		 jaillissiez
/ʒa.ji.sje/		 jaillissaient
/ʒa.ji.sɛ/
past historic1 jaillis
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillis
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillit
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillîmes
/ʒa.jim/		 jaillîtes
/ʒa.jit/		 jaillirent
/ʒa.jiʁ/
future jaillirai
/ʒa.ji.ʁe/		 jailliras
/ʒa.ji.ʁa/		 jaillira
/ʒa.ji.ʁa/		 jaillirons
/ʒa.ji.ʁɔ̃/		 jaillirez
/ʒa.ji.ʁe/		 jailliront
/ʒa.ji.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jaillirais
/ʒa.ji.ʁɛ/		 jaillirais
/ʒa.ji.ʁɛ/		 jaillirait
/ʒa.ji.ʁɛ/		 jaillirions
/ʒa.ji.ʁjɔ̃/		 jailliriez
/ʒa.ji.ʁje/		 jailliraient
/ʒa.ji.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 jaillisse
/ʒa.jis/		 jaillisses
/ʒa.jis/		 jaillisse
/ʒa.jis/		 jaillissions
/ʒa.ji.sjɔ̃/		 jaillissiez
/ʒa.ji.sje/		 jaillissent
/ʒa.jis/
imperfect1 jaillisse
/ʒa.jis/		 jaillisses
/ʒa.jis/		 jaillît
/ʒa.ji/		 jaillissions
/ʒa.ji.sjɔ̃/		 jaillissiez
/ʒa.ji.sje/		 jaillissent
/ʒa.jis/
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 –
— jaillis
/ʒa.ji/		 — jaillissons
/ʒa.ji.sɔ̃/		 jaillissez
/ʒa.ji.se/		 —
1literary tenses

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

  • galir (common)
  • jalir (common)

Verb

jaillir

  1. (of a liquid, often blood) to spurt out; to shoot out

Descendants

References

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