basourdir

French

Etymology

Slang, "to kill" in 1628, the word comes from basir/bazir (“to kill”). Already in the second half of the 14th century, we encounter the past participle basi 'died'. Became abasourdir subsequently.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zuʁ.diʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

basourdir

1. (informal, obsolete) to kill

   Synonym: tuer

2. (informal, obsolete) to stun

   Synonym: étourdir

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 basourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	basourdir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	basourdissant /ba.zuʁ.di.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		basourdi /ba.zuʁ.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdit /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdissons /ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/	basourdissez /ba.zuʁ.di.se/	basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/
	imperfect	basourdissais /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/	basourdissais /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/	basourdissait /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/	basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/	basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/	basourdissaient /ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/
	past historic2	basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdit /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdîmes /ba.zuʁ.dim/	basourdîtes /ba.zuʁ.dit/	basourdirent /ba.zuʁ.diʁ/
	future	basourdirai /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/	basourdiras /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/	basourdira /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/	basourdirons /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/	basourdirez /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/	basourdiront /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	basourdirais /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/	basourdirais /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/	basourdirait /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/	basourdirions /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/	basourdiriez /ba.zuʁ.di.ʁje/	basourdiraient /ba.zuʁ.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	basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/	basourdisses /ba.zuʁ.dis/	basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/	basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/	basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/	basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/
	imperfect2	basourdisse /ba.zuʁ.dis/	basourdisses /ba.zuʁ.dis/	basourdît /ba.zuʁ.di/	basourdissions /ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/	basourdissiez /ba.zuʁ.di.sje/	basourdissent /ba.zuʁ.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	basourdis /ba.zuʁ.di/	—	basourdissons /ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/	basourdissez /ba.zuʁ.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).