infléchir
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
infléchir
- (transitive) to bend (a thing), forming an elbow-shape
- (transitive) to change the state or direction of (a thing) by inclining, curving, or crossing
- (transitive, figuratively) to change the orientation or outcome of (a thing, a course of events)
- (reflexive) to change direction; to curve
- (reflexive) (of a ray of light) To change direction, to bend, as at the interface between two media
- (reflexive, music) to change in tone or pitch
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 infléchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | infléchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | infléchissant /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | infléchi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchit /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchissons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ | infléchissez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se/ | infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | infléchissais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | infléchissais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | infléchissait /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | infléchissaient /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchit /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchîmes /ɛ̃.fle.ʃim/ | infléchîtes /ɛ̃.fle.ʃit/ | infléchirent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | infléchirai /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ | infléchiras /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ | infléchira /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ | infléchirons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | infléchirez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ | infléchiront /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | infléchirais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | infléchirais /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | infléchirait /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | infléchirions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ | infléchiriez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁje/ | infléchiraient /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.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 | infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | infléchisses /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | infléchisse /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | infléchisses /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | infléchît /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | infléchissions /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | infléchissiez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | infléchissent /ɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | infléchis /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | — | infléchissons /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ | infléchissez /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.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). | |||||||
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 s'infléchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'infléchir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'infléchissant /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | infléchi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'infléchis /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | t'infléchis /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | s'infléchit /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | nous infléchissons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ | vous infléchissez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se/ | s'infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | m'infléchissais /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | t'infléchissais /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | s'infléchissait /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | s'infléchissaient /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'infléchis /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | t'infléchis /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | s'infléchit /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | nous infléchîmes /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃim/ | vous infléchîtes /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃit/ | s'infléchirent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃiʁ/ | |
| future | m'infléchirai /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ | t'infléchiras /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ | s'infléchira /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁa/ | nous infléchirons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | vous infléchirez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁe/ | s'infléchiront /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'infléchirais /mɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | t'infléchirais /tɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | s'infléchirait /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | nous infléchirions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous infléchiriez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁje/ | s'infléchiraient /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'infléchisse /mɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | t'infléchisses /tɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | s'infléchisse /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | s'infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ |
| imperfect2 | m'infléchisse /mɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | t'infléchisses /tɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | s'infléchît /sɛ̃.fle.ʃi/ | nous infléchissions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ | vous infléchissiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sje/ | s'infléchissent /sɛ̃.fle.ʃis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | infléchis-toi /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.twa/ | — | infléchissons-nous /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.sɔ̃.nu/ | infléchissez-vous /ɛ̃.fle.ʃi.se.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- “infléchir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.