mollir
French edit
Etymology edit
From mou (mol, molle), or from Latin mollīre (“to soften”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mollir
- (intransitive, rare) to mollify, become soft
- (intransitive, rare) to ease off or die down; to relent, abate, give way
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 mollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mollir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mollissant /mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | molli /mɔ.li/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollit /mɔ.li/ |
mollissons /mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
mollissez /mɔ.li.se/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect | mollissais /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissais /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissait /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissaient /mɔ.li.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollit /mɔ.li/ |
mollîmes /mɔ.lim/ |
mollîtes /mɔ.lit/ |
mollirent /mɔ.liʁ/ | |
| future | mollirai /mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
molliras /mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
mollira /mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
mollirons /mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
mollirez /mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
molliront /mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mollirais /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirais /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirait /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirions /mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
molliriez /mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
molliraient /mɔ.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 | mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisses /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect2 | mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisses /mɔ.lis/ |
mollît /mɔ.li/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
— | mollissons /mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
mollissez /mɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mollir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Verb edit
mollir
- to soften
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mollir
| infinitive | mollir | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| molliente | mollite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | molli | ha mollite | |
| past | molliva | habeva mollite | |
| future | mollira | habera mollite | |
| conditional | mollirea | haberea mollite | |
| imperative | molli | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es mollite | ha essite mollite | |
| past | esseva mollite | habeva essite mollite | |
| future | essera mollite | habera essite mollite | |
| conditional | esserea mollite | haberea essite mollite | |
| imperative | sia mollite | ||