obscurcir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔp.skyʁ.siːʁ/

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Verb

obscurcir

1. to darken (a colour)
2. (figuratively) to obscure, to blur
3. (computing) to obfuscate
4. (reflexive, of sky) to darken
5. (reflexive) to become obscure

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 obscurcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		obscurcir			avoir obscurci
gerund		en obscurcissant			en ayant obscurci
present participle		obscurcissant
past participle		obscurci
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	obscurcis	obscurcis	obscurcit	obscurcissons	obscurcissez	obscurcissent
	imperfect	obscurcissais	obscurcissais	obscurcissait	obscurcissions	obscurcissiez	obscurcissaient
	past historic1	obscurcis	obscurcis	obscurcit	obscurcîmes	obscurcîtes	obscurcirent
	future	obscurcirai	obscurciras	obscurcira	obscurcirons	obscurcirez	obscurciront
	conditional	obscurcirais	obscurcirais	obscurcirait	obscurcirions	obscurciriez	obscurciraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	obscurcisse	obscurcisses	obscurcisse	obscurcissions	obscurcissiez	obscurcissent
	imperfect1	obscurcisse	obscurcisses	obscurcît	obscurcissions	obscurcissiez	obscurcissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	obscurcis	—	obscurcissons	obscurcissez	—
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