atterrir
French
Etymology
a- + terre + -ir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tɛ.ʁiʁ/, /a.te.ʁiʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
atterrir
- (intransitive) to land (a plane, helicopter etc.)
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 atterrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | atterrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | atterrissant /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɑ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | atterri /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | atterris /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterris /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterrit /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterrissons /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɔ̃/ | atterrissez /a.tɛ.ʁi.se/ or /a.te.ʁi.se/ | atterrissent /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | atterrissais /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɛ/ | atterrissais /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɛ/ | atterrissait /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɛ/ | atterrissions /a.tɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | atterrissiez /a.tɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.te.ʁi.sje/ | atterrissaient /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | atterris /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterris /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterrit /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterrîmes /a.tɛ.ʁim/ or /a.te.ʁim/ | atterrîtes /a.tɛ.ʁit/ or /a.te.ʁit/ | atterrirent /a.tɛ.ʁiʁ/ or /a.te.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | atterrirai /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁe/ | atterriras /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁa/ | atterrira /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁa/ | atterrirons /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | atterrirez /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁe/ | atterriront /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | atterrirais /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | atterrirais /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | atterrirait /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | atterririons /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | atterririez /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁje/ or /a.te.ʁi.ʁje/ | atterriraient /a.tɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.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 | atterrisse /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | atterrisses /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | atterrisse /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | atterrissions /a.tɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | atterrissiez /a.tɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.te.ʁi.sje/ | atterrissent /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | atterrisse /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | atterrisses /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | atterrît /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | atterrissions /a.tɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ | atterrissiez /a.tɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.te.ʁi.sje/ | atterrissent /a.tɛ.ʁis/ or /a.te.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | atterris /a.tɛ.ʁi/ or /a.te.ʁi/ | — | atterrissons /a.tɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁi.sɔ̃/ | atterrissez /a.tɛ.ʁi.se/ or /a.te.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
- atterrissage
See also
- amarrer
- amerrir
- atterrer
Further reading
- “atterrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.