emplir

• inchir (< Spanish henchir)

From Vulgar Latin *implīre, from Latin implēre.

• IPA^(key): /emˈpli(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Syllabification: em‧plir

emplir

1. fill

• “henchir”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Inherited from Middle French emplir, from Old French emplir, from Vulgar Latin *implīre, from Latin implēre.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pliʁ/

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emplir

1. (transitive) to fill
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, s'emplir) to fill
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, poetic) to be affected with a sentiment, an emotion or another quality

   Mon cœur s’emplit d’amertume ― My heart is filled with bitterness

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-.

• “emplir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• rempli

From Old French emplir.

emplir

1. (transitive) to fill

• French: emplir