rembrunir
French
Etymology
From re- + embrunir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.niʁ/
Verb
rembrunir
- (transitive) to darken
- (reflexive) to darken, cloud over
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 rembrunir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rembrunir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rembrunissant /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rembruni /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rembrunis /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunis /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunit /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunissons /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɔ̃/ | rembrunissez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.se/ | rembrunissent /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ |
imperfect | rembrunissais /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɛ/ | rembrunissais /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɛ/ | rembrunissait /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɛ/ | rembrunissions /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sjɔ̃/ | rembrunissiez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sje/ | rembrunissaient /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rembrunis /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunis /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunit /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunîmes /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nim/ | rembrunîtes /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nit/ | rembrunirent /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.niʁ/ | |
future | rembrunirai /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁe/ | rembruniras /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁa/ | rembrunira /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁa/ | rembrunirons /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | rembrunirez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁe/ | rembruniront /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rembrunirais /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁɛ/ | rembrunirais /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁɛ/ | rembrunirait /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁɛ/ | rembrunirions /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | rembruniriez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.ʁje/ | rembruniraient /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.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 | rembrunisse /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | rembrunisses /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | rembrunisse /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | rembrunissions /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sjɔ̃/ | rembrunissiez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sje/ | rembrunissent /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ |
imperfect2 | rembrunisse /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | rembrunisses /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | rembrunît /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | rembrunissions /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sjɔ̃/ | rembrunissiez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sje/ | rembrunissent /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.nis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rembrunis /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni/ | — | rembrunissons /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.sɔ̃/ | rembrunissez /ʁɑ̃.bʁy.ni.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). |
Further reading
- “rembrunir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.