French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fraîche (fresh) +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʁɛ.ʃiʁ/ ~ /fʁe.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

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fraîchir

  1. (intransitive) to freshen (temperature, wind)
  2. (impersonal) to deteriorate (weather)

Conjugation

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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-.

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