flétrir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fle.tʁiʁ/

Etymology 1

From Old French flaistre (“withered”), from Latin flaccidus.

Verb

flétrir

1. (transitive) to wither
2. (reflexive) to wither, wilt, shrivel

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 flétrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flétrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flétrissant /fle.tʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flétri /fle.tʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétrit /fle.tʁi/	flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/	flétrissez /fle.tʁi.se/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
	imperfect	flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissait /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissaient /fle.tʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétrit /fle.tʁi/	flétrîmes /fle.tʁim/	flétrîtes /fle.tʁit/	flétrirent /fle.tʁiʁ/
	future	flétrirai /fle.tʁi.ʁe/	flétriras /fle.tʁi.ʁa/	flétrira /fle.tʁi.ʁa/	flétrirons /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/	flétrirez /fle.tʁi.ʁe/	flétriront /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétrirait /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétririons /fle.tʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	flétririez /fle.tʁi.ʁje/	flétriraient /fle.tʁi.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	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrisses /fle.tʁis/	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
	imperfect2	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrisses /fle.tʁis/	flétrît /fle.tʁi/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flétris /fle.tʁi/	—	flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/	flétrissez /fle.tʁi.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).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French flestrir, from Old French flastrir, alteration of Old French flatir (under influence of Etymology 1, above), from Frankish *flattjan (“to move the palm of one's hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną (“to flatten”).

Verb

flétrir

1. (transitive, archaic) to brand (as punishment)
2. (transitive, archaic) to condemn
3. (transitive, archaic) to blacken, besmirch (someone's reputation etc.)

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 flétrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flétrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flétrissant /fle.tʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flétri /fle.tʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétrit /fle.tʁi/	flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/	flétrissez /fle.tʁi.se/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
	imperfect	flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissais /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissait /fle.tʁi.sɛ/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissaient /fle.tʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétris /fle.tʁi/	flétrit /fle.tʁi/	flétrîmes /fle.tʁim/	flétrîtes /fle.tʁit/	flétrirent /fle.tʁiʁ/
	future	flétrirai /fle.tʁi.ʁe/	flétriras /fle.tʁi.ʁa/	flétrira /fle.tʁi.ʁa/	flétrirons /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/	flétrirez /fle.tʁi.ʁe/	flétriront /fle.tʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétrirais /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétrirait /fle.tʁi.ʁɛ/	flétririons /fle.tʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	flétririez /fle.tʁi.ʁje/	flétriraient /fle.tʁi.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	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrisses /fle.tʁis/	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
	imperfect2	flétrisse /fle.tʁis/	flétrisses /fle.tʁis/	flétrît /fle.tʁi/	flétrissions /fle.tʁi.sjɔ̃/	flétrissiez /fle.tʁi.sje/	flétrissent /fle.tʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flétris /fle.tʁi/	—	flétrissons /fle.tʁi.sɔ̃/	flétrissez /fle.tʁi.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

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

Anagrams

• filtrer, flirter