fuir
See also: fuïr
French
Etymology
From Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɥiʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
fuir
- (intransitive) to escape
- (transitive) to flee
- (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak
- Le robinet fuit.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fuir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fuyant /fɥi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fui /fɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | fuis /fɥi/ | fuis /fɥi/ | fuit /fɥi/ | fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/ | fuyez /fɥi.je/ | fuient /fɥi/ |
| imperfect | fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/ | fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/ | fuyait /fɥi.jɛ/ | fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/ | fuyiez /fɥij.je/ | fuyaient /fɥi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fuis /fɥi/ | fuis /fɥi/ | fuit /fɥi/ | fuîmes /fɥim/ | fuîtes /fɥit/ | fuirent /fɥiʁ/ | |
| future | fuirai /fɥi.ʁe/ | fuiras /fɥi.ʁa/ | fuira /fɥi.ʁa/ | fuirons /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | fuirez /fɥi.ʁe/ | fuiront /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/ | fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/ | fuirait /fɥi.ʁɛ/ | fuirions /fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ | fuiriez /fɥi.ʁje/ | fuiraient /fɥi.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 | fuie /fɥi/ | fuies /fɥi/ | fuie /fɥi/ | fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/ | fuyiez /fɥij.je/ | fuient /fɥi/ |
| imperfect2 | fuisse /fɥis/ | fuisses /fɥis/ | fuît /fɥi/ | fuissions /fɥi.sjɔ̃/ | fuissiez /fɥi.sje/ | fuissent /fɥis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fuis /fɥi/ | — | fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/ | fuyez /fɥi.je/ | — | |
| 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
- fuir comme la peste
Related terms
- enfuir
- fugace
- fugitif
- fugue
- fuguer
- fuie
- fuite
- s'enfuir
Further reading
- “fuir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- foïr
- fuïr
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō.
Verb
fuir
- To flee.
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 fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fuir | avoir foï, fuï | |||||
| gerund | en fuiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fuiant | ||||||
| past participle | foï, fuï | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | fui | fuis | fuit | fuions | fuiiez | fuient |
| imperfect | fuioie, fuieie | fuioies, fuieies | fuioit, fuieit | fuiiiens, fuiiens | fuiiiez, fuiiez | fuioient, fuieient | |
| preterite | foï, fuï | foïs, fuïs | foï, fuï | foïmes, fuïmes | foïstes, fuïstes | foïrent, fuïrent | |
| future | fuirai | fuiras | fuira | fuirons | fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez | fuiront | |
| conditional | fuiroie, fuireie | fuiroies, fuireies | fuiroit, fuireit | fuiriiens, fuiriens | fuiriiez, fuiriez | fuiroient, fuireient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | fuie | fuies | fuie | fuiiens, fuions | fuiiez | fuient |
| imperfect | foïsse, fuïsse | foïsses, fuïsses | foïst, fuïst | foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens | foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez | foïssent, fuïssent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fui | — | fuions | fuiiez | — | ||
Derived terms
- fuiant
Related terms
- fuie
Descendants
- French: fuir
Spanish
Verb
fuir (first-person singular present fuyo, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle fuido)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of huir
Further reading
- “fuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014