accroupir

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ croupe + -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁu.piʁ/

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Verb

accroupir

1. (reflexive) to crouch, squat
2. (reflexive, rare, literary) to debase oneself (morally)
3. (transitive, rare) to make someone or something crouch or squat

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 accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accroupir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accroupissant /a.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/	accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.se/	accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/
	imperfect	accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	accroupissais /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	accroupissait /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/	accroupissaient /a.kʁu.pi.sɛ/
	past historic2	accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupit /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupîmes /a.kʁu.pim/	accroupîtes /a.kʁu.pit/	accroupirent /a.kʁu.piʁ/
	future	accroupirai /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/	accroupiras /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/	accroupira /a.kʁu.pi.ʁa/	accroupirons /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/	accroupirez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/	accroupiront /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	accroupirais /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	accroupirait /a.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	accroupirions /a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/	accroupiriez /a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/	accroupiraient /a.kʁu.pi.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	accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/	accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/	accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/	accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/	accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/
	imperfect2	accroupisse /a.kʁu.pis/	accroupisses /a.kʁu.pis/	accroupît /a.kʁu.pi/	accroupissions /a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	accroupissiez /a.kʁu.pi.sje/	accroupissent /a.kʁu.pis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accroupis /a.kʁu.pi/	—	accroupissons /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/	accroupissez /a.kʁu.pi.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).

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 s'accroupir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'accroupir
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’accroupissant /sa.kʁu.pi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		accroupi /a.kʁu.pi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’accroupis /ma.kʁu.pi/	t’accroupis /ta.kʁu.pi/	s’accroupit /sa.kʁu.pi/	nous accroupissons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃/	vous accroupissez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.se/	s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/
	imperfect	m’accroupissais /ma.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	t’accroupissais /ta.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	s’accroupissait /sa.kʁu.pi.sɛ/	nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/	s’accroupissaient /sa.kʁu.pi.sɛ/
	past historic2	m’accroupis /ma.kʁu.pi/	t’accroupis /ta.kʁu.pi/	s’accroupit /sa.kʁu.pi/	nous accroupîmes /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pim/	vous accroupîtes /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pit/	s’accroupirent /sa.kʁu.piʁ/
	future	m’accroupirai /ma.kʁu.pi.ʁe/	t’accroupiras /ta.kʁu.pi.ʁa/	s’accroupira /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁa/	nous accroupirons /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/	vous accroupirez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁe/	s’accroupiront /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’accroupirais /ma.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	t’accroupirais /ta.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	s’accroupirait /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/	nous accroupirions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁjɔ̃/	vous accroupiriez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.ʁje/	s’accroupiraient /sa.kʁu.pi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’accroupisse /ma.kʁu.pis/	t’accroupisses /ta.kʁu.pis/	s’accroupisse /sa.kʁu.pis/	nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/	s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/
	imperfect2	m’accroupisse /ma.kʁu.pis/	t’accroupisses /ta.kʁu.pis/	s’accroupît /sa.kʁu.pi/	nous accroupissions /nu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sjɔ̃/	vous accroupissiez /vu.z‿a.kʁu.pi.sje/	s’accroupissent /sa.kʁu.pis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accroupis-toi /a.kʁu.pi.twa/	—	accroupissons-nous /a.kʁu.pi.sɔ̃.nu/	accroupissez-vous /a.kʁu.pi.se.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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

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

Old French

Verb

accroupir

1. to discredit, to dishonour, to ruin

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 accroupir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		accroupir			avoir accroupi
gerund		en accroupissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		accroupissant
past participle		accroupi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	accroupis	accroupis	accroupist	accroupissons	accroupissez	accroupissent
	imperfect	accroupissoie, accroupisseie	accroupissoies, accroupisseies	accroupissoit, accroupisseit	accroupissiiens, accroupissiens	accroupissiiez, accroupissiez	accroupissoient, accroupisseient
	preterite	accroupi	accroupis	accroupi	accroupimes	accroupistes	accroupirent
	future	accroupirai	accroupiras	accroupira	accroupirons	accroupiroiz, accroupireiz, accroupirez	accroupiront
	conditional	accroupiroie, accroupireie	accroupiroies, accroupireies	accroupiroit, accroupireit	accroupiriiens, accroupiriens	accroupiriiez, accroupiriez	accroupiroient, accroupireient
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	accroupisse	accroupisses	accroupisse	accroupissons	accroupissez	accroupissent
	imperfect	accroupisse	accroupisses	accroupist	accroupissons, accroupissiens	accroupissoiz, accroupissez, accroupissiez	accroupissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	accroupis	—	accroupissons	accroupissez	—