enrichir

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ riche +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃiʁ/

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Verb

enrichir

1. to enrich

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 enrichir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enrichir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enrichissant /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enrichi /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enrichis /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichis /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichit /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichissons /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɔ̃/	enrichissez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.se/	enrichissent /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/
	imperfect	enrichissais /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɛ/	enrichissais /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɛ/	enrichissait /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɛ/	enrichissions /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	enrichissiez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sje/	enrichissaient /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɛ/
	past historic2	enrichis /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichis /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichit /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichîmes /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃim/	enrichîtes /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃit/	enrichirent /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃiʁ/
	future	enrichirai /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁe/	enrichiras /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁa/	enrichira /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁa/	enrichirons /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/	enrichirez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁe/	enrichiront /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enrichirais /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁɛ/	enrichirais /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁɛ/	enrichirait /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁɛ/	enrichirions /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/	enrichiriez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.ʁje/	enrichiraient /ɑ̃.ʁi.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	enrichisse /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/	enrichisses /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/	enrichisse /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/	enrichissions /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	enrichissiez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sje/	enrichissent /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/
	imperfect2	enrichisse /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/	enrichisses /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/	enrichît /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	enrichissions /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sjɔ̃/	enrichissiez /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sje/	enrichissent /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enrichis /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi/	—	enrichissons /ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi.sɔ̃/	enrichissez /ɑ̃.ʁi.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: 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).

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• enricher
• enrichier

Etymology

en- +‎ riche +‎ -ir

Verb

enrichir

1. to enrich

Conjugation

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 enrichir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enrichir			avoir enrichi
gerund		en enrichissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enrichissant
past participle		enrichi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enrichis	enrichis	enrichist	enrichissons	enrichissez	enrichissent
	imperfect	enrichissoie, enrichisseie	enrichissoies, enrichisseies	enrichissoit, enrichisseit	enrichissiiens, enrichissiens	enrichissiiez, enrichissiez	enrichissoient, enrichisseient
	preterite	enrichi	enrichis	enrichi	enrichimes	enrichistes	enrichirent
	future	enrichirai	enrichiras	enrichira	enrichirons	enrichiroiz, enrichireiz, enrichirez	enrichiront
	conditional	enrichiroie, enrichireie	enrichiroies, enrichireies	enrichiroit, enrichireit	enrichiriiens, enrichiriens	enrichiriiez, enrichiriez	enrichiroient, enrichireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enrichisse	enrichisses	enrichisse	enrichissons	enrichissez	enrichissent
	imperfect	enrichisse	enrichisses	enrichist	enrichissons, enrichissiens	enrichissoiz, enrichissez, enrichissiez	enrichissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enrichis	—	enrichissons	enrichissez	—