accomplir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accomplir, from Old French acomplir, from Vulgar Latin *(ac)complīre, from Latin complēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/
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Verb

accomplir

  1. to accomplish
  2. to achieve

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 accomplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accomplir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accomplissant
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accompli
/a.kɔ̃.pli/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplit
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplissons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ 		accomplissez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.se/ 		accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
imperfect accomplissais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		accomplissais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		accomplissait
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ 		accomplissaient
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/
past historic2 accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplit
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplîmes
/a.kɔ̃.plim/ 		accomplîtes
/a.kɔ̃.plit/ 		accomplirent
/a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/
future accomplirai
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/ 		accompliras
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/ 		accomplira
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/ 		accomplirons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/ 		accomplirez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/ 		accompliront
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accomplirais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		accomplirais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		accomplirait
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		accomplirions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁjɔ̃/ 		accompliriez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁje/ 		accompliraient
/a.kɔ̃.pli.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 accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/ 		accomplisses
/a.kɔ̃.plis/ 		accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/ 		accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ 		accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
imperfect2 accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/ 		accomplisses
/a.kɔ̃.plis/ 		accomplît
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ 		accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/ 		— accomplissons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ 		accomplissez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acomplir.

Verb

accomplir

  1. to finish
  2. to accomplish

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of accomplir
infinitive simple accomplir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple accomplissant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle accompli
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accomplis accomplis accomplit accomplissons accomplissez accomplissent
imperfect accomplissois, accomplissoys accomplissois, accomplissoys accomplissoit, accomplissoyt accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissoient, accomplissoyent
past historic accomplis accomplis accomplit accomplismes accomplistes accomplirent
future accomplirai, accompliray accompliras accomplira accomplirons accomplirez accompliront
conditional accomplirois, accompliroys accomplirois, accompliroys accompliroit, accompliroyt accomplirions accompliriez accompliroient, accompliroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accomplisse accomplisses accomplisse accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissent
imperfect accomplisse accomplisses accomplist accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accomplis — accomplissons accomplissez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

  • French: accomplir

References

  • accomplir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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