abasourdir

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French

Etymology

Corruption of ab + assourdir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ba.zuʁ.diʁ/, (proscribed but common) /a.ba.suʁ.diʁ/
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Verb

abasourdir

  1. to dumbfound; to baffle; to astonish
  2. to stun or daze with a loud sound

Usage notes

  • It is fairly uncommon to conjugate this verb. It is usually used as an adjectival part participle or in compound forms.

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 abasourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abasourdir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abasourdissant
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɑ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abasourdi
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abasourdis
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdis
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdit
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdissons
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɔ̃/ 		abasourdissez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.se/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.se/ 		abasourdissent
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/
imperfect abasourdissais
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ 		abasourdissais
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ 		abasourdissait
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/ 		abasourdissions
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		abasourdissiez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ 		abasourdissaient
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɛ/
past historic2 abasourdis
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdis
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdit
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdîmes
/a.ba.zuʁ.dim/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dim/ 		abasourdîtes
/a.ba.zuʁ.dit/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dit/ 		abasourdirent
/a.ba.zuʁ.diʁ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.diʁ/
future abasourdirai
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁe/ 		abasourdiras
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁa/ 		abasourdira
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁa/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁa/ 		abasourdirons
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		abasourdirez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁe/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁe/ 		abasourdiront
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abasourdirais
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		abasourdirais
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		abasourdirait
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		abasourdirions
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abasourdiriez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.ʁje/ 		abasourdiraient
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ or /a.ba.suʁ.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 abasourdisse
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ 		abasourdisses
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ 		abasourdisse
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ 		abasourdissions
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		abasourdissiez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ 		abasourdissent
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/
imperfect2 abasourdisse
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ 		abasourdisses
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/ 		abasourdît
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		abasourdissions
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		abasourdissiez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sje/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sje/ 		abasourdissent
/a.ba.zuʁ.dis/ or /a.ba.suʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abasourdis
/a.ba.zuʁ.di/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di/ 		— abasourdissons
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ or /a.ba.suʁ.di.sɔ̃/ 		abasourdissez
/a.ba.zuʁ.di.se/ or /a.ba.suʁ.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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