faiblir
French
Etymology
From faible (“weak”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
faiblir
- to weaken, to get weaker
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 faiblir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | faiblir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | faiblissant /fɛ.bli.sɑ̃/ or /fe.bli.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | faibli /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | faiblis /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblis /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblit /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblissons /fɛ.bli.sɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.sɔ̃/ | faiblissez /fɛ.bli.se/ or /fe.bli.se/ | faiblissent /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ |
imperfect | faiblissais /fɛ.bli.sɛ/ or /fe.bli.sɛ/ | faiblissais /fɛ.bli.sɛ/ or /fe.bli.sɛ/ | faiblissait /fɛ.bli.sɛ/ or /fe.bli.sɛ/ | faiblissions /fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.sjɔ̃/ | faiblissiez /fɛ.bli.sje/ or /fe.bli.sje/ | faiblissaient /fɛ.bli.sɛ/ or /fe.bli.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | faiblis /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblis /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblit /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblîmes /fɛ.blim/ or /fe.blim/ | faiblîtes /fɛ.blit/ or /fe.blit/ | faiblirent /fɛ.bliʁ/ or /fe.bliʁ/ | |
future | faiblirai /fɛ.bli.ʁe/ or /fe.bli.ʁe/ | faibliras /fɛ.bli.ʁa/ or /fe.bli.ʁa/ | faiblira /fɛ.bli.ʁa/ or /fe.bli.ʁa/ | faiblirons /fɛ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.ʁɔ̃/ | faiblirez /fɛ.bli.ʁe/ or /fe.bli.ʁe/ | faibliront /fɛ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | faiblirais /fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ or /fe.bli.ʁɛ/ | faiblirais /fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ or /fe.bli.ʁɛ/ | faiblirait /fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ or /fe.bli.ʁɛ/ | faiblirions /fɛ.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ | faibliriez /fɛ.bli.ʁje/ or /fe.bli.ʁje/ | faibliraient /fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ or /fe.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 | faiblisse /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | faiblisses /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | faiblisse /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | faiblissions /fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.sjɔ̃/ | faiblissiez /fɛ.bli.sje/ or /fe.bli.sje/ | faiblissent /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ |
imperfect2 | faiblisse /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | faiblisses /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | faiblît /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | faiblissions /fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.sjɔ̃/ | faiblissiez /fɛ.bli.sje/ or /fe.bli.sje/ | faiblissent /fɛ.blis/ or /fe.blis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | faiblis /fɛ.bli/ or /fe.bli/ | — | faiblissons /fɛ.bli.sɔ̃/ or /fe.bli.sɔ̃/ | faiblissez /fɛ.bli.se/ or /fe.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). |
Related terms
- affaiblir
Further reading
- “faiblir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.