nourrir

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French nourrir, from Old French norrir, inherited from Latin nūtrīre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nu.ʁiʁ/
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Verb[edit]

nourrir

  1. to feed (provide with nourishment), nourish
  2. to nurture, to fuel
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to eat, to feed oneself

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 nourrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nourrir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nourrissant
/nu.ʁi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nourri
/nu.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nourris
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourris
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourrit
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourrissons
/nu.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		nourrissez
/nu.ʁi.se/ 		nourrissent
/nu.ʁis/
imperfect nourrissais
/nu.ʁi.sɛ/ 		nourrissais
/nu.ʁi.sɛ/ 		nourrissait
/nu.ʁi.sɛ/ 		nourrissions
/nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		nourrissiez
/nu.ʁi.sje/ 		nourrissaient
/nu.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic2 nourris
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourris
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourrit
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourrîmes
/nu.ʁim/ 		nourrîtes
/nu.ʁit/ 		nourrirent
/nu.ʁiʁ/
future nourrirai
/nu.ʁi.ʁe/ 		nourriras
/nu.ʁi.ʁa/ 		nourrira
/nu.ʁi.ʁa/ 		nourrirons
/nu.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		nourrirez
/nu.ʁi.ʁe/ 		nourriront
/nu.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional nourrirais
/nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		nourrirais
/nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		nourrirait
/nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		nourririons
/nu.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		nourririez
/nu.ʁi.ʁje/ 		nourriraient
/nu.ʁi.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 nourrisse
/nu.ʁis/ 		nourrisses
/nu.ʁis/ 		nourrisse
/nu.ʁis/ 		nourrissions
/nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		nourrissiez
/nu.ʁi.sje/ 		nourrissent
/nu.ʁis/
imperfect2 nourrisse
/nu.ʁis/ 		nourrisses
/nu.ʁis/ 		nourrît
/nu.ʁi/ 		nourrissions
/nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ 		nourrissiez
/nu.ʁi.sje/ 		nourrissent
/nu.ʁis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nourris
/nu.ʁi/ 		— nourrissons
/nu.ʁi.sɔ̃/ 		nourrissez
/nu.ʁi.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French norrir.

Verb[edit]

nourrir

  1. to feed (provide with nourishment)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: nourrir
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