infléchir
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infléchir
- (transitive) to bend (a thing), forming an elbow-shape
- (transitive) to change the state or direction of (a thing) by inclining, curving, or crossing
- (transitive, figuratively) to change the orientation or outcome of (a thing, a course of events)
- (reflexive) to change direction; to curve
- (reflexive) (of a ray of light) To change direction, to bend, as at the interface between two media
- (reflexive, music) to change in tone or pitch
Conjugation[edit]
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 infléchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | infléchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | infléchissant /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | infléchi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchit /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchissons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
infléchissez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se/ |
infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | infléchissais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
infléchissais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
infléchissait /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
infléchissaient /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchit /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchîmes /ɛ̃.fle.ʃim/ |
infléchîtes /ɛ̃.fle.ʃit/ |
infléchirent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | infléchirai /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ |
infléchiras /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ |
infléchira /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ |
infléchirons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
infléchirez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ |
infléchiront /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | infléchirais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
infléchirais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
infléchirait /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
infléchirions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
infléchiriez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁje/ |
infléchiraient /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
infléchisses /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
infléchisses /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
infléchît /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
— | infléchissons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
infléchissez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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 s'infléchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'infléchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’infléchissant /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | infléchi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’infléchis /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
t’infléchis /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
s’infléchit /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
nous infléchissons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
vous infléchissez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se/ |
s’infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | m’infléchissais /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
t’infléchissais /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
s’infléchissait /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ |
nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
s’infléchissaient /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’infléchis /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
t’infléchis /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
s’infléchit /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
nous infléchîmes /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃim/ |
vous infléchîtes /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃit/ |
s’infléchirent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | m’infléchirai /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ |
t’infléchiras /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ |
s’infléchira /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ |
nous infléchirons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous infléchirez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ |
s’infléchiront /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’infléchirais /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
t’infléchirais /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
s’infléchirait /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
nous infléchirions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous infléchiriez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁje/ |
s’infléchiraient /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’infléchisse /mɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
t’infléchisses /tɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
s’infléchisse /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
s’infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | m’infléchisse /mɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
t’infléchisses /tɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
s’infléchît /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ |
nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ |
s’infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | infléchis-toi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.twa/ |
— | infléchissons-nous /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃.nu/ |
infléchissez-vous /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “infléchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.