arrondir

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ rond +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ/
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Verb

arrondir

  1. to round (make round)
  2. (of a sum of money) to round up, round down or round off

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 arrondir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arrondir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arrondissant
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle arrondi
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrondis
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondis
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondit
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondissons
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ 		arrondissez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.se/ 		arrondissent
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/
imperfect arrondissais
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ 		arrondissais
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ 		arrondissait
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/ 		arrondissions
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		arrondissiez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ 		arrondissaient
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɛ/
past historic2 arrondis
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondis
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondit
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondîmes
/a.ʁɔ̃.dim/ 		arrondîtes
/a.ʁɔ̃.dit/ 		arrondirent
/a.ʁɔ̃.diʁ/
future arrondirai
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁe/ 		arrondiras
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁa/ 		arrondira
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁa/ 		arrondirons
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		arrondirez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁe/ 		arrondiront
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional arrondirais
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		arrondirais
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		arrondirait
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ 		arrondirions
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		arrondiriez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.ʁje/ 		arrondiraient
/a.ʁɔ̃.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 arrondisse
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ 		arrondisses
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ 		arrondisse
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ 		arrondissions
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		arrondissiez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ 		arrondissent
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/
imperfect2 arrondisse
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ 		arrondisses
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/ 		arrondît
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		arrondissions
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		arrondissiez
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sje/ 		arrondissent
/a.ʁɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrondis
/a.ʁɔ̃.di/ 		— arrondissons
/a.ʁɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ 		arrondissez
/a.ʁɔ̃.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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