grossir
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grossir
- (transitive) to increase, to make larger
- (transitive) to plump up
- (intransitive) to put on weight, to gain weight; to get fat
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 grossir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grossir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grossissant /ɡʁo.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grossi /ɡʁo.si/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | grossis /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossis /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossit /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossissons /ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/ |
grossissez /ɡʁo.si.se/ |
grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/ |
| imperfect | grossissais /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ |
grossissais /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ |
grossissait /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ |
grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/ |
grossissaient /ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grossis /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossis /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossit /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossîmes /ɡʁo.sim/ |
grossîtes /ɡʁo.sit/ |
grossirent /ɡʁo.siʁ/ | |
| future | grossirai /ɡʁo.si.ʁe/ |
grossiras /ɡʁo.si.ʁa/ |
grossira /ɡʁo.si.ʁa/ |
grossirons /ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
grossirez /ɡʁo.si.ʁe/ |
grossiront /ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grossirais /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirais /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirait /ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirions /ɡʁo.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grossiriez /ɡʁo.si.ʁje/ |
grossiraient /ɡʁo.si.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 | grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/ |
grossisses /ɡʁo.sis/ |
grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/ |
grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/ |
grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/ |
| imperfect2 | grossisse /ɡʁo.sis/ |
grossisses /ɡʁo.sis/ |
grossît /ɡʁo.si/ |
grossissions /ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁo.si.sje/ |
grossissent /ɡʁo.sis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grossis /ɡʁo.si/ |
— | grossissons /ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/ |
grossissez /ɡʁo.si.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). | |||||||
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “grossir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Since Old French, from gros (“thick”) + -ir.
Verb edit
grossir
- (transitive) to make bigger
- (intransitive) to become bigger
Descendants edit
- French: grossir