abonnir

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɔ.niʁ/
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Verb

abonnir

  1. (transitive, absolutive or reflexive, usually inanimate, strongly dated) to improve; to render or become better

Usage notes

  • The verb is commonly used in agriculture to signify the action of enriching a soil. It is also used to refer to the improvement of wine over time.
  • The verb is sometimes used humorously, and has been replaced in common use by améliorer.

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 abonnir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abonnir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abonnissant
/a.bɔ.ni.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abonni
/a.bɔ.ni/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abonnis
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnis
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnit
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnissons
/a.bɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ 		abonnissez
/a.bɔ.ni.se/ 		abonnissent
/a.bɔ.nis/
imperfect abonnissais
/a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ 		abonnissais
/a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ 		abonnissait
/a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/ 		abonnissions
/a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ 		abonnissiez
/a.bɔ.ni.sje/ 		abonnissaient
/a.bɔ.ni.sɛ/
past historic2 abonnis
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnis
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnit
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnîmes
/a.bɔ.nim/ 		abonnîtes
/a.bɔ.nit/ 		abonnirent
/a.bɔ.niʁ/
future abonnirai
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁe/ 		abonniras
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁa/ 		abonnira
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁa/ 		abonnirons
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ 		abonnirez
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁe/ 		abonniront
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abonnirais
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ 		abonnirais
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ 		abonnirait
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁɛ/ 		abonnirions
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abonniriez
/a.bɔ.ni.ʁje/ 		abonniraient
/a.bɔ.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 abonnisse
/a.bɔ.nis/ 		abonnisses
/a.bɔ.nis/ 		abonnisse
/a.bɔ.nis/ 		abonnissions
/a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ 		abonnissiez
/a.bɔ.ni.sje/ 		abonnissent
/a.bɔ.nis/
imperfect2 abonnisse
/a.bɔ.nis/ 		abonnisses
/a.bɔ.nis/ 		abonnît
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		abonnissions
/a.bɔ.ni.sjɔ̃/ 		abonnissiez
/a.bɔ.ni.sje/ 		abonnissent
/a.bɔ.nis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abonnis
/a.bɔ.ni/ 		— abonnissons
/a.bɔ.ni.sɔ̃/ 		abonnissez
/a.bɔ.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:
  • 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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