murir

See also: mûrir

French

Etymology

From mûr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁiʁ/

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Verb

murir

1. to mature or ripen

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 murir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	murir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	murissant /my.ʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		muri /my.ʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	muris /my.ʁi/	muris /my.ʁi/	murit /my.ʁi/	murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/	murissez /my.ʁi.se/	murissent /my.ʁis/
	imperfect	murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/	murissais /my.ʁi.sɛ/	murissait /my.ʁi.sɛ/	murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/	murissaient /my.ʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	muris /my.ʁi/	muris /my.ʁi/	murit /my.ʁi/	murîmes /my.ʁim/	murîtes /my.ʁit/	murirent /my.ʁiʁ/
	future	murirai /my.ʁi.ʁe/	muriras /my.ʁi.ʁa/	murira /my.ʁi.ʁa/	murirons /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	murirez /my.ʁi.ʁe/	muriront /my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/	murirais /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/	murirait /my.ʁi.ʁɛ/	muririons /my.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	muririez /my.ʁi.ʁje/	muriraient /my.ʁi.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	murisse /my.ʁis/	murisses /my.ʁis/	murisse /my.ʁis/	murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/	murissent /my.ʁis/
	imperfect2	murisse /my.ʁis/	murisses /my.ʁis/	murît /my.ʁi/	murissions /my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	murissiez /my.ʁi.sje/	murissent /my.ʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	muris /my.ʁi/	—	murissons /my.ʁi.sɔ̃/	murissez /my.ʁi.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

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

Old French

Verb

murir

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of morir
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     Kar ne se volt laissier murir

     Because he didn't want to let himself die

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of murir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		murir			estre murt
gerund		en murant			gerund of estre + past participle
present participle		murant
past participle		murt
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	muir	muers	muert	murons	murez	muerent
	imperfect	muroie, mureie	muroies, mureies	muroit, mureit	muriiens, muriens	muriiez, muriez	muroient, mureient
	preterite	murui, muri	murus, muris	muru, muri	murumes, murimes	murustes, muristes	mururent, murirent
	future	murrai	murras	murra	murrons	murroiz, murreiz, murrez	murront
	conditional	murroie, murreie	murroies, murreies	murroit, murreit	murriiens, murriens	murriiez, murriez	murroient, murreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of estre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	muire, muere, muerge	muires, mueres, muerges	muire, muere, muerge	murons, muiriens, muirons, muerons, muergiens, muerjons	murez, muiriez, muerez, muergiez	muirent, muerent, muergent
	imperfect	murusse, murisse	murusses, murisses	murust, murist	murussons, murussiens, murissons, murissiens	murussoiz, murussez, murussiez, murissoiz, murissez, murissiez	murussent, murissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	muir	—	murons	murez	—

Romansch

Alternative forms

• mureir (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin morīrī, variant of morī.

Verb

murir

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) to die

Conjugation

infinitive			murir
gerund			murind
past participle			mort
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jau	ti	el/ella/ins	nus	vus	els/ellas
	present	mor	moras	mora	murin	muris	moran
	imperfect	muriva	murivas	muriva	murivan	murivas	murivan
	conditional	muriss	murissas	muriss	murissan	murissas	murissan
subjunctive		che jau	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella/ch'ins	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
		moria	morias	moria	morian	morias	morian