froidir

French

Etymology

From Old French, from froid +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁwa.diʁ/, /fʁwɑ.diʁ/

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Verb

froidir

1. (archaic) to cool; to cool off; to cool down

Conjugation

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 froidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	froidir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	froidissant /fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		froidi /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidit /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɔ̃/	froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ or /fʁwɑ.di.se/	froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/
	imperfect	froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/	froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/	froidissait /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/	froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/	froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/	froidissaient /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/
	past historic2	froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidit /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidîmes /fʁwa.dim/ or /fʁwɑ.dim/	froidîtes /fʁwa.dit/ or /fʁwɑ.dit/	froidirent /fʁwa.diʁ/ or /fʁwɑ.diʁ/
	future	froidirai /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁe/	froidiras /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁa/	froidira /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁa/	froidirons /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɔ̃/	froidirez /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁe/	froidiront /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/	froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/	froidirait /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/	froidirions /fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁjɔ̃/	froidiriez /fʁwa.di.ʁje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁje/	froidiraient /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.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	froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/	froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/	froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/	froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/	froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/	froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/
	imperfect2	froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/	froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/	froidît /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/	froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/	froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/	—	froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɔ̃/	froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ or /fʁwɑ.di.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).

Derived terms

• refroidir

Further reading

• “froidir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

froit, froide +‎ -ir

Verb

froidir

1. to chill; to cool
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Li cuer el ventre li froidis.

     His heart in his stomach chilled him.

Conjugation

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 froidir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		froidir			avoir froidi
gerund		en froidissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		froidissant
past participle		froidi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	froidis	froidis	froidist	froidissons	froidissez	froidissent
	imperfect	froidissoie, froidisseie	froidissoies, froidisseies	froidissoit, froidisseit	froidissiiens, froidissiens	froidissiiez, froidissiez	froidissoient, froidisseient
	preterite	froidi	froidis	froidi	froidimes	froidistes	froidirent
	future	froidirai	froidiras	froidira	froidirons	froidiroiz, froidireiz, froidirez	froidiront
	conditional	froidiroie, froidireie	froidiroies, froidireies	froidiroit, froidireit	froidiriiens, froidiriens	froidiriiez, froidiriez	froidiroient, froidireient
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	froidisse	froidisses	froidisse	froidissons	froidissez	froidissent
	imperfect	froidisse	froidisses	froidist	froidissons, froidissiens	froidissoiz, froidissez, froidissiez	froidissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	froidis	—	froidissons	froidissez	—