nourrir
French
Etymology
From Middle French nourrir, from Old French norrir, inherited from Latin nūtrīre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu.ʁiʁ/
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Verb
nourrir
- to feed (provide with nourishment), nourish
- to nurture, to fuel
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to eat, to feed oneself
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 nourrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nourrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nourrissant /nu.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nourri /nu.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nourris /nu.ʁi/ | nourris /nu.ʁi/ | nourrit /nu.ʁi/ | nourrissons /nu.ʁi.sɔ̃/ | nourrissez /nu.ʁi.se/ | nourrissent /nu.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | nourrissais /nu.ʁi.sɛ/ | nourrissais /nu.ʁi.sɛ/ | nourrissait /nu.ʁi.sɛ/ | nourrissions /nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | nourrissiez /nu.ʁi.sje/ | nourrissaient /nu.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nourris /nu.ʁi/ | nourris /nu.ʁi/ | nourrit /nu.ʁi/ | nourrîmes /nu.ʁim/ | nourrîtes /nu.ʁit/ | nourrirent /nu.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | nourrirai /nu.ʁi.ʁe/ | nourriras /nu.ʁi.ʁa/ | nourrira /nu.ʁi.ʁa/ | nourrirons /nu.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | nourrirez /nu.ʁi.ʁe/ | nourriront /nu.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nourrirais /nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | nourrirais /nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | nourrirait /nu.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | nourririons /nu.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | nourririez /nu.ʁi.ʁje/ | nourriraient /nu.ʁi.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 | nourrisse /nu.ʁis/ | nourrisses /nu.ʁis/ | nourrisse /nu.ʁis/ | nourrissions /nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | nourrissiez /nu.ʁi.sje/ | nourrissent /nu.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | nourrisse /nu.ʁis/ | nourrisses /nu.ʁis/ | nourrît /nu.ʁi/ | nourrissions /nu.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | nourrissiez /nu.ʁi.sje/ | nourrissent /nu.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nourris /nu.ʁi/ | — | nourrissons /nu.ʁi.sɔ̃/ | nourrissez /nu.ʁi.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
- nourrice
- nourrir son homme
- nourrisson
- nourriture
- nutriment
- nutrition
Further reading
- “nourrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French norrir.
Verb
nourrir
- to feed (provide with nourishment)
Descendants
- French: nourrir