assouvir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (“satisfy”), from Latin sōpīre (“to sleep”) (influenced by Old French assevir (“attain”)). Doublet of assoupir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.su.viʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

assouvir

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)
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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 assouvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple assouvir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assouvissant
/a.su.vi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assouvi
/a.su.vi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present assouvis
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvis
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvit
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvissons
/a.su.vi.sɔ̃/ 		assouvissez
/a.su.vi.se/ 		assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
imperfect assouvissais
/a.su.vi.sɛ/ 		assouvissais
/a.su.vi.sɛ/ 		assouvissait
/a.su.vi.sɛ/ 		assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/ 		assouvissaient
/a.su.vi.sɛ/
past historic2 assouvis
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvis
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvit
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvîmes
/a.su.vim/ 		assouvîtes
/a.su.vit/ 		assouvirent
/a.su.viʁ/
future assouvirai
/a.su.vi.ʁe/ 		assouviras
/a.su.vi.ʁa/ 		assouvira
/a.su.vi.ʁa/ 		assouvirons
/a.su.vi.ʁɔ̃/ 		assouvirez
/a.su.vi.ʁe/ 		assouviront
/a.su.vi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assouvirais
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/ 		assouvirais
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/ 		assouvirait
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/ 		assouvirions
/a.su.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		assouviriez
/a.su.vi.ʁje/ 		assouviraient
/a.su.vi.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 assouvisse
/a.su.vis/ 		assouvisses
/a.su.vis/ 		assouvisse
/a.su.vis/ 		assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/ 		assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
imperfect2 assouvisse
/a.su.vis/ 		assouvisses
/a.su.vis/ 		assouvît
/a.su.vi/ 		assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/ 		assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assouvis
/a.su.vi/ 		— assouvissons
/a.su.vi.sɔ̃/ 		assouvissez
/a.su.vi.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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