aplatir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pla.tiʁ/
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Verb
aplatir
- to flatten (to make something flat)
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 aplatir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | aplatir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | aplatissant /a.pla.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | aplati /a.pla.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | aplatis /a.pla.ti/ | aplatis /a.pla.ti/ | aplatit /a.pla.ti/ | aplatissons /a.pla.ti.sɔ̃/ | aplatissez /a.pla.ti.se/ | aplatissent /a.pla.tis/ |
imperfect | aplatissais /a.pla.ti.sɛ/ | aplatissais /a.pla.ti.sɛ/ | aplatissait /a.pla.ti.sɛ/ | aplatissions /a.pla.ti.sjɔ̃/ | aplatissiez /a.pla.ti.sje/ | aplatissaient /a.pla.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | aplatis /a.pla.ti/ | aplatis /a.pla.ti/ | aplatit /a.pla.ti/ | aplatîmes /a.pla.tim/ | aplatîtes /a.pla.tit/ | aplatirent /a.pla.tiʁ/ | |
future | aplatirai /a.pla.ti.ʁe/ | aplatiras /a.pla.ti.ʁa/ | aplatira /a.pla.ti.ʁa/ | aplatirons /a.pla.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | aplatirez /a.pla.ti.ʁe/ | aplatiront /a.pla.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | aplatirais /a.pla.ti.ʁɛ/ | aplatirais /a.pla.ti.ʁɛ/ | aplatirait /a.pla.ti.ʁɛ/ | aplatirions /a.pla.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | aplatiriez /a.pla.ti.ʁje/ | aplatiraient /a.pla.ti.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 | aplatisse /a.pla.tis/ | aplatisses /a.pla.tis/ | aplatisse /a.pla.tis/ | aplatissions /a.pla.ti.sjɔ̃/ | aplatissiez /a.pla.ti.sje/ | aplatissent /a.pla.tis/ |
imperfect2 | aplatisse /a.pla.tis/ | aplatisses /a.pla.tis/ | aplatît /a.pla.ti/ | aplatissions /a.pla.ti.sjɔ̃/ | aplatissiez /a.pla.ti.sje/ | aplatissent /a.pla.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | aplatis /a.pla.ti/ | — | aplatissons /a.pla.ti.sɔ̃/ | aplatissez /a.pla.ti.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
Derived terms
- aplatissage
- aplatisseur
- aplatissoir
- aplatissoire
Further reading
- “aplatir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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