fléchir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French flechir, from an original flechier (with a change in verb class), from Vulgar Latin *flecticāre, frequentative based on Latin flectere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fle.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

fléchir

  1. (transitive) to bend, to fold
  2. (intransitive) to bend, to bend over
  3. (transitive) to flex (eg. a muscle)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to provoke pity

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 fléchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fléchir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fléchissant
/fle.ʃi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fléchi
/fle.ʃi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fléchis
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchis
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchit
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchissons
/fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		fléchissez
/fle.ʃi.se/ 		fléchissent
/fle.ʃis/
imperfect fléchissais
/fle.ʃi.sɛ/ 		fléchissais
/fle.ʃi.sɛ/ 		fléchissait
/fle.ʃi.sɛ/ 		fléchissions
/fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		fléchissiez
/fle.ʃi.sje/ 		fléchissaient
/fle.ʃi.sɛ/
past historic2 fléchis
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchis
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchit
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchîmes
/fle.ʃim/ 		fléchîtes
/fle.ʃit/ 		fléchirent
/fle.ʃiʁ/
future fléchirai
/fle.ʃi.ʁe/ 		fléchiras
/fle.ʃi.ʁa/ 		fléchira
/fle.ʃi.ʁa/ 		fléchirons
/fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ 		fléchirez
/fle.ʃi.ʁe/ 		fléchiront
/fle.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fléchirais
/fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		fléchirais
/fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		fléchirait
/fle.ʃi.ʁɛ/ 		fléchirions
/fle.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fléchiriez
/fle.ʃi.ʁje/ 		fléchiraient
/fle.ʃi.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 fléchisse
/fle.ʃis/ 		fléchisses
/fle.ʃis/ 		fléchisse
/fle.ʃis/ 		fléchissions
/fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		fléchissiez
/fle.ʃi.sje/ 		fléchissent
/fle.ʃis/
imperfect2 fléchisse
/fle.ʃis/ 		fléchisses
/fle.ʃis/ 		fléchît
/fle.ʃi/ 		fléchissions
/fle.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ 		fléchissiez
/fle.ʃi.sje/ 		fléchissent
/fle.ʃis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fléchis
/fle.ʃi/ 		— fléchissons
/fle.ʃi.sɔ̃/ 		fléchissez
/fle.ʃi.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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