blottir

French

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle Low German blotten.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blɔ.tiʁ/
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Verb

blottir

(takes a reflexive pronoun) to snuggle, to huddle
se blottir contre x ― snuggle [up]/huddle against x

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 blottir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	blottir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	blottissant /blɔ.ti.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		blotti /blɔ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	blottis /blɔ.ti/	blottis /blɔ.ti/	blottit /blɔ.ti/	blottissons /blɔ.ti.sɔ̃/	blottissez /blɔ.ti.se/	blottissent /blɔ.tis/
	imperfect	blottissais /blɔ.ti.sɛ/	blottissais /blɔ.ti.sɛ/	blottissait /blɔ.ti.sɛ/	blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/	blottissaient /blɔ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic²	blottis /blɔ.ti/	blottis /blɔ.ti/	blottit /blɔ.ti/	blottîmes /blɔ.tim/	blottîtes /blɔ.tit/	blottirent /blɔ.tiʁ/
	future	blottirai /blɔ.ti.ʁe/	blottiras /blɔ.ti.ʁa/	blottira /blɔ.ti.ʁa/	blottirons /blɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	blottirez /blɔ.ti.ʁe/	blottiront /blɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	blottirais /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	blottirais /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	blottirait /blɔ.ti.ʁɛ/	blottirions /blɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	blottiriez /blɔ.ti.ʁje/	blottiraient /blɔ.ti.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	blottisse /blɔ.tis/	blottisses /blɔ.tis/	blottisse /blɔ.tis/	blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/	blottissent /blɔ.tis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	blottisse /blɔ.tis/	blottisses /blɔ.tis/	blottît /blɔ.ti/	blottissions /blɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/	blottissiez /blɔ.ti.sje/	blottissent /blɔ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	blottis /blɔ.ti/	—	blottissons /blɔ.ti.sɔ̃/	blottissez /blɔ.ti.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).