arrondir
French
Etymology
a- + rond + -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ/
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Verb
arrondir
- to round (make round)
- (of a sum of money) to round up, round down or round off
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 arrondir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | arrondir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | arrondissant /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | arrondi /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | arrondis /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondis /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondit /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondissons /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ | arrondissez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.se/ | arrondissent /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect | arrondissais /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | arrondissais /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | arrondissait /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | arrondissions /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | arrondissiez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ | arrondissaient /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | arrondis /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondis /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondit /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondîmes /a.ʁɔ̃.dim/ | arrondîtes /a.ʁɔ̃.dit/ | arrondirent /a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | arrondirai /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁe/ | arrondiras /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁa/ | arrondira /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁa/ | arrondirons /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ | arrondirez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁe/ | arrondiront /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | arrondirais /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | arrondirais /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | arrondirait /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | arrondirions /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | arrondiriez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁje/ | arrondiraient /a.ʁɔ̃.di.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 | arrondisse /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | arrondisses /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | arrondisse /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | arrondissions /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | arrondissiez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ | arrondissent /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | arrondisse /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | arrondisses /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | arrondît /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | arrondissions /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | arrondissiez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ | arrondissent /a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | arrondis /a.ʁɔ̃.di/ | — | arrondissons /a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ | arrondissez /a.ʁɔ̃.di.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
- arrondir les angles
- arrondir ses fins de mois
- arrondissement
Further reading
- “arrondir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.