accroupir
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
accroupir
- (reflexive) to crouch, squat
- (reflexive, rare, literary) to debase oneself (morally)
- (transitive, rare) to make someone or something crouch or squat
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 accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | accroupir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | accroupissant /a.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.se/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect | accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissait /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissaient /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupîmes /a.kʁu.pim/ |
accroupîtes /a.kʁu.pit/ |
accroupirent /a.kʁu.piʁ/ | |
| future | accroupirai /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
accroupiras /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
accroupira /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
accroupirons /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
accroupirez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
accroupiront /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirait /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
accroupirions /a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accroupiriez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/ |
accroupiraient /a.kʁu.pi.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 | accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect2 | accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/ |
accroupît /a.kʁu.pi/ |
accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/ |
— | accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.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'accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'accroupir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’accroupissant /sa.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’accroupis /ma.kʁu.pi/ |
t’accroupis /ta.kʁu.pi/ |
s’accroupit /sa.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupissons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.se/ |
s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect | m’accroupissais /ma.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
t’accroupissais /ta.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
s’accroupissait /sa.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s’accroupissaient /sa.kʁu.pi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’accroupis /ma.kʁu.pi/ |
t’accroupis /ta.kʁu.pi/ |
s’accroupit /sa.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupîmes /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pim/ |
vous accroupîtes /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pit/ |
s’accroupirent /sa.kʁu.piʁ/ | |
| future | m’accroupirai /ma.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
t’accroupiras /ta.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
s’accroupira /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁa/ |
nous accroupirons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous accroupirez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/ |
s’accroupiront /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’accroupirais /ma.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
t’accroupirais /ta.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
s’accroupirait /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/ |
nous accroupirions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupiriez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/ |
s’accroupiraient /sa.kʁu.pi.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’accroupisse /ma.kʁu.pis/ |
t’accroupisses /ta.kʁu.pis/ |
s’accroupisse /sa.kʁu.pis/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/ |
| imperfect2 | m’accroupisse /ma.kʁu.pis/ |
t’accroupisses /ta.kʁu.pis/ |
s’accroupît /sa.kʁu.pi/ |
nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/ |
s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | accroupis-toi /a.kʁu.pi.twa/ |
— | accroupissons-nous /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃.nu/ |
accroupissez-vous /a.kʁu.pi.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
- “accroupir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Verb edit
accroupir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of accroupir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accroupir | avoir accroupi | |||||
| gerund | en accroupissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | accroupissant | ||||||
| past participle | accroupi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | accroupis | accroupis | accroupist | accroupissons | accroupissez | accroupissent |
| imperfect | accroupissoie, accroupisseie | accroupissoies, accroupisseies | accroupissoit, accroupisseit | accroupissiiens, accroupissiens | accroupissiiez, accroupissiez | accroupissoient, accroupisseient | |
| preterite | accroupi | accroupis | accroupi | accroupimes | accroupistes | accroupirent | |
| future | accroupirai | accroupiras | accroupira | accroupirons | accroupiroiz, accroupireiz, accroupirez | accroupiront | |
| conditional | accroupiroie, accroupireie | accroupiroies, accroupireies | accroupiroit, accroupireit | accroupiriiens, accroupiriens | accroupiriiez, accroupiriez | accroupiroient, accroupireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | accroupisse | accroupisses | accroupisse | accroupissons | accroupissez | accroupissent |
| imperfect | accroupisse | accroupisses | accroupist | accroupissons, accroupissiens | accroupissoiz, accroupissez, accroupissiez | accroupissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | accroupis | — | accroupissons | accroupissez | — | ||