accomplir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accomplir, from Old French acomplir, from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/

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Verb

accomplir

1. to accomplish
2. to achieve

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 accomplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accomplir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accomplissant /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accompli /a.kɔ̃.pli/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplit /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplissons /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/	accomplissez /a.kɔ̃.pli.se/	accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/
	imperfect	accomplissais /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/	accomplissais /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/	accomplissait /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/	accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/	accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/	accomplissaient /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/
	past historic2	accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplit /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplîmes /a.kɔ̃.plim/	accomplîtes /a.kɔ̃.plit/	accomplirent /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/
	future	accomplirai /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/	accompliras /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/	accomplira /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/	accomplirons /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/	accomplirez /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/	accompliront /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accomplirais /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/	accomplirais /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/	accomplirait /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/	accomplirions /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁjɔ̃/	accompliriez /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁje/	accompliraient /a.kɔ̃.pli.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	accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/	accomplisses /a.kɔ̃.plis/	accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/	accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/	accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/	accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/
	imperfect2	accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/	accomplisses /a.kɔ̃.plis/	accomplît /a.kɔ̃.pli/	accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/	accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/	accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/	—	accomplissons /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/	accomplissez /a.kɔ̃.pli.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

• accomplissement
• sentiment du devoir accompli

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acomplir.

Verb

accomplir

1. to finish
2. to accomplish

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of accomplir

infinitive	simple	accomplir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	accomplissant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		accompli
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accomplis	accomplis	accomplit	accomplissons	accomplissez	accomplissent
	imperfect	accomplissois, accomplissoys	accomplissois, accomplissoys	accomplissoit, accomplissoyt	accomplissions	accomplissiez	accomplissoient, accomplissoyent
	past historic	accomplis	accomplis	accomplit	accomplismes	accomplistes	accomplirent
	future	accomplirai, accompliray	accompliras	accomplira	accomplirons	accomplirez	accompliront
	conditional	accomplirois, accompliroys	accomplirois, accompliroys	accompliroit, accompliroyt	accomplirions	accompliriez	accompliroient, accompliroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	accomplisse	accomplisses	accomplisse	accomplissions	accomplissiez	accomplissent
	imperfect	accomplisse	accomplisses	accomplist	accomplissions	accomplissiez	accomplissent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accomplis	—	accomplissons	accomplissez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: accomplir

References

• accomplir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)