épanouir
(Redirected from s'épanouir)
French edit
Etymology edit
From earlier espanouir, from Old French espannir, espanir, espandir, either from Latin expandere or a Germanic loan from Frankish *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spannō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (cognate with English span).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
épanouir
- (reflexive) to blossom; to bloom; to flower
- (reflexive) to reveal its qualities
- (reflexive, figuratively) to thrive, flourish
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 s'épanouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'épanouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’épanouissant /se.pa.nwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | épanoui /e.pa.nwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’épanouis /me.pa.nwi/ |
t’épanouis /te.pa.nwi/ |
s’épanouit /se.pa.nwi/ |
nous épanouissons /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sɔ̃/ |
vous épanouissez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.se/ |
s’épanouissent /se.pa.nwis/ |
| imperfect | m’épanouissais /me.pa.nwi.sɛ/ |
t’épanouissais /te.pa.nwi.sɛ/ |
s’épanouissait /se.pa.nwi.sɛ/ |
nous épanouissions /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous épanouissiez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sje/ |
s’épanouissaient /se.pa.nwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’épanouis /me.pa.nwi/ |
t’épanouis /te.pa.nwi/ |
s’épanouit /se.pa.nwi/ |
nous épanouîmes /nu.z‿e.pa.nwim/ |
vous épanouîtes /vu.z‿e.pa.nwit/ |
s’épanouirent /se.pa.nwiʁ/ | |
| future | m’épanouirai /me.pa.nwi.ʁe/ |
t’épanouiras /te.pa.nwi.ʁa/ |
s’épanouira /se.pa.nwi.ʁa/ |
nous épanouirons /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous épanouirez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.ʁe/ |
s’épanouiront /se.pa.nwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’épanouirais /me.pa.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
t’épanouirais /te.pa.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
s’épanouirait /se.pa.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
nous épanouirions /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous épanouiriez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.ʁje/ |
s’épanouiraient /se.pa.nwi.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’épanouisse /me.pa.nwis/ |
t’épanouisses /te.pa.nwis/ |
s’épanouisse /se.pa.nwis/ |
nous épanouissions /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous épanouissiez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sje/ |
s’épanouissent /se.pa.nwis/ |
| imperfect2 | m’épanouisse /me.pa.nwis/ |
t’épanouisses /te.pa.nwis/ |
s’épanouît /se.pa.nwi/ |
nous épanouissions /nu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous épanouissiez /vu.z‿e.pa.nwi.sje/ |
s’épanouissent /se.pa.nwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | épanouis-toi /e.pa.nwi.twa/ |
— | épanouissons-nous /e.pa.nwi.sɔ̃.nu/ |
épanouissez-vous /e.pa.nwi.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). | |||||||
References edit
- Brachet, A. (1873) “épanouir”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
- “épanouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading edit
- “épanouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.