abasourdir
French
Etymology
Corruption of ab + assourdir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ba.zuʁ.diʁ/, /a.ba.suʁ.diʁ/
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Verb
abasourdir
- to dumbfound; to baffle; to astonish
- to stun or daze with a loud sound
Usage notes
- It is fairly uncommon to conjugate this verb. It is usually used as an adjectival part participle or in compound forms.
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 abasourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abasourdir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abasourdissant /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɑ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abasourdi /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | abasourdis /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdis /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdit /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdissons /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɔ̃/ | abasourdissez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.se/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.se/ | abasourdissent /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect | abasourdissais /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ | abasourdissais /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ | abasourdissait /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ | abasourdissions /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | abasourdissiez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ | abasourdissaient /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abasourdis /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdis /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdit /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdîmes /a.ba.zuʁ.dim/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dim/ | abasourdîtes /a.ba.zuʁ.dit/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dit/ | abasourdirent /a.ba.zuʁ.diʁ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.diʁ/ | |
| future | abasourdirai /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁe/ | abasourdiras /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁa/ | abasourdira /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁa/ | abasourdirons /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | abasourdirez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁe/ | abasourdiront /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abasourdirais /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | abasourdirais /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | abasourdirait /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ | abasourdirions /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | abasourdiriez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁje/ | abasourdiraient /a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.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 | abasourdisse /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | abasourdisses /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | abasourdisse /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | abasourdissions /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | abasourdissiez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ | abasourdissent /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | abasourdisse /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | abasourdisses /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | abasourdît /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | abasourdissions /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | abasourdissiez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ | abasourdissent /a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abasourdis /a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ | — | abasourdissons /a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɔ̃/ | abasourdissez /a.ba.zuʁ.di.se/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- abasourdi
- abasourdissant
- abasourdissement
Further reading
- “abasourdir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.