frire
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁiʁ/
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Verb
frire (defective)
- (defective) to fry (cook in hot fat)
Conjugation
The rare form frient can be found sometimes.
Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | frire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | friant | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | frit | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fris | fris | frit | — | — | frient |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | frirai | friras | frira | frirons | frirez | friront | |
| conditional | frirais | frirais | frirait | fririons | fririez | friraient | |
| (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fris | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “frire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
Verb
frire
- to fry
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | frire | avoir frit | |||||
| gerund | en frïant, frisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | frïant, frisant | ||||||
| past participle | frit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | fris | fris | frit, frist | frisons | frisiez | frïent, frisent |
| imperfect | frisoie, friseie | frisoies, friseies | frïoit, frïeit, frisoit, friseit | frisiiens, frisiens | frisiiez, frisiez | frisoient, friseient | |
| preterite | fris | freṣis | frist | freṣimes | freṣistes | frisdrent | |
| future | frirai | friras | frira | frirons | friroiz, frireiz, frirez | friront | |
| conditional | friroie, frireie | friroies, frireies | friroit, frireit | fririiens, fririens | fririiez, fririez | friroient, frireient | |
| 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 | frise | frises | frise | frisiens, frisons | frisiez | frisent |
| imperfect | freṣisse | freṣisses | freṣist | freṣissons, freṣissiens | freṣissoiz, freṣissez, freṣissiez | freṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fris | — | frisons | frisiez | — | ||