blanchir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French blanchir, from Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
blanchir
- to launder, wash
- Blanchir du linge.
- To wash linen.
- to make white; to whiten
- La neige a blanchis les toits.
- The snow whitens the roofs.
- to grow or become white
- Les cheveux blanchissent avec l’âge.
- Hair whitens with age.
- to blanch or bleach
- Elle a blanchis quand elle a entendu les nouvelles.
- She blanched when she heard the news.
- (money) to launder
- to whitewash (to cover over errors or bad actions)
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 blanchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | blanchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | blanchissant /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | blanchi /blɑ̃.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchit /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchissons /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
blanchissez /blɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | blanchissais /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissais /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissait /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissaient /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchit /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchîmes /blɑ̃.ʃim/ |
blanchîtes /blɑ̃.ʃit/ |
blanchirent /blɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | blanchirai /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
blanchiras /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
blanchira /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
blanchirons /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
blanchirez /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
blanchiront /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blanchirais /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirais /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirait /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
blanchirions /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blanchiriez /blɑ̃.ʃi.ʁje/ |
blanchiraient /blɑ̃.ʃi.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 | blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisses /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | blanchisse /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchisses /blɑ̃.ʃis/ |
blanchît /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
blanchissions /blɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
blanchissiez /blɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
blanchissent /blɑ̃.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blanchis /blɑ̃.ʃi/ |
— | blanchissons /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
blanchissez /blɑ̃.ʃi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: blanchieren
Further reading edit
- “blanchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *blancīre, a verb based on Frankish *blank.
Verb edit
blanchir
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Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of blanchir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blanchir | avoir blanchi | |||||
| gerund | en blanchissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | blanchissant | ||||||
| past participle | blanchi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | blanchis | blanchis | blanchist | blanchissons | blanchissez | blanchissent |
| imperfect | blanchissoie, blanchisseie | blanchissoies, blanchisseies | blanchissoit, blanchisseit | blanchissiiens, blanchissiens | blanchissiiez, blanchissiez | blanchissoient, blanchisseient | |
| preterite | blanchi | blanchis | blanchi | blanchimes | blanchistes | blanchirent | |
| future | blanchirai | blanchiras | blanchira | blanchirons | blanchiroiz, blanchireiz, blanchirez | blanchiront | |
| conditional | blanchiroie, blanchireie | blanchiroies, blanchireies | blanchiroit, blanchireit | blanchiriiens, blanchiriens | blanchiriiez, blanchiriez | blanchiroient, blanchireient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | blanchisse | blanchisses | blanchisse | blanchissons | blanchissez | blanchissent |
| imperfect | blanchisse | blanchisses | blanchist | blanchissons, blanchissiens | blanchissoiz, blanchissez, blanchissiez | blanchissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | blanchis | — | blanchissons | blanchissez | — | ||