embellir
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
embellir
- to improve, make more attractive
- to embellish
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 embellir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embellir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embellissant /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embelli /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellit /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellissons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɔ̃/ |
embellissez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.se/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.se/ |
embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
| imperfect | embellissais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ/ |
embellissais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ/ |
embellissait /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ/ |
embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃/ |
embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sje/ |
embellissaient /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellit /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellîmes /ɑ̃.bɛ.lim/ or /ɑ̃.be.lim/ |
embellîtes /ɑ̃.bɛ.lit/ or /ɑ̃.be.lit/ |
embellirent /ɑ̃.bɛ.liʁ/ or /ɑ̃.be.liʁ/ | |
| future | embellirai /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe/ |
embelliras /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa/ |
embellira /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa/ |
embellirons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
embellirez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe/ |
embelliront /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embellirais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ/ |
embellirais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ/ |
embellirait /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ/ |
embellirions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embelliriez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.ʁje/ |
embelliraient /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.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 | embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
embellisses /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃/ |
embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sje/ |
embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
| imperfect2 | embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
embellisses /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ |
embellît /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃/ |
embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sje/ |
embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/ or /ɑ̃.be.lis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/ or /ɑ̃.be.li/ |
— | embellissons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.sɔ̃/ |
embellissez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.se/ or /ɑ̃.be.li.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “embellir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
embellir
- to make prettier; to make more attractive; to embellish
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 embellir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | embellir | avoir embelli | |||||
| gerund | en embellissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | embellissant | ||||||
| past participle | embelli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | embellis | embellis | embellist | embellissons | embellissez | embellissent |
| imperfect | embellissoie, embellisseie | embellissoies, embellisseies | embellissoit, embellisseit | embellissiiens, embellissiens | embellissiiez, embellissiez | embellissoient, embellisseient | |
| preterite | embelli | embellis | embelli | embellimes | embellistes | embellirent | |
| future | embellirai | embelliras | embellira | embellirons | embelliroiz, embellireiz, embellirez | embelliront | |
| conditional | embelliroie, embellireie | embelliroies, embellireies | embelliroit, embellireit | embelliriiens, embelliriens | embelliriiez, embelliriez | embelliroient, embellireient | |
| 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 | embellisse | embellisses | embellisse | embellissons | embellissez | embellissent |
| imperfect | embellisse | embellisses | embellist | embellissons, embellissiens | embellissoiz, embellissez, embellissiez | embellissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | embellis | — | embellissons | embellissez | — | ||