ennoblir
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ennoblir. Equivalent to en- + noble + -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ/
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Verb
ennoblir
- (transitive) to ennoble
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 ennoblir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ennoblir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ennoblissant /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ennobli /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblit /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblissons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
ennoblissez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.se/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
| imperfect | ennoblissais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissait /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissaient /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblit /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblîmes /ɑ̃.nɔ.blim/ |
ennoblîtes /ɑ̃.nɔ.blit/ |
ennoblirent /ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ/ | |
| future | ennoblirai /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁe/ |
ennobliras /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁa/ |
ennoblira /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁa/ |
ennoblirons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
ennoblirez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁe/ |
ennobliront /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ennoblirais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirais /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirait /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
ennoblirions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ennobliriez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.ʁje/ |
ennobliraient /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.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 | ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisses /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
| imperfect2 | ennoblisse /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblisses /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ |
ennoblît /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
ennoblissions /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
ennoblissiez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sje/ |
ennoblissent /ɑ̃.nɔ.blis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ennoblis /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli/ |
— | ennoblissons /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
ennoblissez /ɑ̃.nɔ.bli.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ennoblir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.