Inherited from Middle French esblouir, from Old French esbleuir (“to dazzle”), from Vulgar Latin *exblaudō (“to dazzle”, verb), from ex- + *blaudō (“to overwhelm, to make someone weak”, verb), from Frankish *blōthijan, *blauthijan (“to overcome, make weak”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaną (“to make weak, make void, soften”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (“weak, frightened, timid”). Cognate with Old High German blōdi (“sluggish, feeble, physically weak”) ( > German blöde), Old English blēaþ (“gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive”), Danish blød (“soft”).
éblouir
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-.
infinitive | simple | éblouir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | éblouissant /e.blu.i.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ébloui /e.blu.i/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | éblouis /e.blu.i/ |
éblouis /e.blu.i/ |
éblouit /e.blu.i/ |
éblouissons /e.blu.i.sɔ̃/ |
éblouissez /e.blu.i.se/ |
éblouissent /e.blu.is/ |
imperfect | éblouissais /e.blu.i.sɛ/ |
éblouissais /e.blu.i.sɛ/ |
éblouissait /e.blu.i.sɛ/ |
éblouissions /e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ |
éblouissiez /e.blu.i.sje/ |
éblouissaient /e.blu.i.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | éblouis /e.blu.i/ |
éblouis /e.blu.i/ |
éblouit /e.blu.i/ |
éblouîmes /e.blu.im/ |
éblouîtes /e.blu.it/ |
éblouirent /e.blu.iʁ/ | |
future | éblouirai /e.blu.i.ʁe/ |
éblouiras /e.blu.i.ʁa/ |
éblouira /e.blu.i.ʁa/ |
éblouirons /e.blu.i.ʁɔ̃/ |
éblouirez /e.blu.i.ʁe/ |
éblouiront /e.blu.i.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | éblouirais /e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ |
éblouirais /e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ |
éblouirait /e.blu.i.ʁɛ/ |
éblouirions /e.blu.i.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éblouiriez /e.blu.i.ʁje/ |
éblouiraient /e.blu.i.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 | éblouisse /e.blu.is/ |
éblouisses /e.blu.is/ |
éblouisse /e.blu.is/ |
éblouissions /e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ |
éblouissiez /e.blu.i.sje/ |
éblouissent /e.blu.is/ |
imperfect2 | éblouisse /e.blu.is/ |
éblouisses /e.blu.is/ |
éblouît /e.blu.i/ |
éblouissions /e.blu.i.sjɔ̃/ |
éblouissiez /e.blu.i.sje/ |
éblouissent /e.blu.is/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | éblouis /e.blu.i/ |
— | éblouissons /e.blu.i.sɔ̃/ |
éblouissez /e.blu.i.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |