tressaillir

French

Etymology

From saillir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁe.sa.jiʁ/
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Verb

tressaillir

  1. to thrill, shiver, quiver
  2. to vibrate
  3. to twitch, start, shudder, jump

Conjugation

This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an ‘e’ in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir.

  Conjugation of tressaillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tressaillir avoir tressailli
gerund en tressaillant en ayant tressailli
present participle tressaillant
/tʁe.sa.jɑ̃/
past participle tressailli
/tʁe.sa.ji/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present tressaille
/tʁe.saj/		 tressailles
/tʁe.saj/		 tressaille
/tʁe.saj/		 tressaillons
/tʁe.sa.jɔ̃/		 tressaillez
/tʁe.sa.je/		 tressaillent
/tʁe.saj/
imperfect tressaillais
/tʁe.sa.jɛ/		 tressaillais
/tʁe.sa.jɛ/		 tressaillait
/tʁe.sa.jɛ/		 tressaillions
/tʁe.saj.jɔ̃/		 tressailliez
/tʁe.saj.je/		 tressaillaient
/tʁe.sa.jɛ/
past historic1 tressaillis
/tʁe.sa.ji/		 tressaillis
/tʁe.sa.ji/		 tressaillit
/tʁe.sa.ji/		 tressaillîmes
/tʁe.sa.jim/		 tressaillîtes
/tʁe.sa.jit/		 tressaillirent
/tʁe.sa.jiʁ/
future tressaillirai or tressaillerai
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁe/		 tressailliras or tressailleras
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁa/		 tressaillira or tressaillera
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁa/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁa/		 tressaillirons or tressaillerons
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁɔ̃/		 tressaillirez or tressaillerez
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁe/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁe/		 tressailliront or tressailleront
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tressaillirais or tressaillerais
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁɛ/		 tressaillirais or tressaillerais
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁɛ/		 tressaillirait or tressaillerait
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁe.saj.ʁɛ/		 tressaillirions or tressaillerions
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tʁe.sa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tressailliriez or tressailleriez
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁje/ or /tʁe.sa.jə.ʁje/		 tressailliraient or tressailleraient
/tʁe.sa.ji.ʁɛ/ or /tʁe.saj.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 tressaille
/tʁe.saj/		 tressailles
/tʁe.saj/		 tressaille
/tʁe.saj/		 tressaillions
/tʁe.saj.jɔ̃/		 tressailliez
/tʁe.saj.je/		 tressaillent
/tʁe.saj/
imperfect1 tressaillisse
/tʁe.sa.jis/		 tressaillisses
/tʁe.sa.jis/		 tressaillît
/tʁe.sa.ji/		 tressaillissions
/tʁe.sa.ji.sjɔ̃/		 tressaillissiez
/tʁe.sa.ji.sje/		 tressaillissent
/tʁe.sa.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 –
— tressaille
/tʁe.saj/		 — tressaillons
/tʁe.sa.jɔ̃/		 tressaillez
/tʁe.sa.je/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

tres- +‎ saillir.

Verb

tressaillir

  1. to jump over or jump across
  2. to jump for joy

Descendants

References

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