flétrir

• IPA^(key): /fle.tʁiʁ/

From Old French flaistre (“withered”), from Latin flaccidus.

flétrir

1. (transitive) to wither
2. (reflexive) to wither, wilt, shrivel

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-.

Inherited from Middle French flestrir, from Old French flastrir, alteration of Old French flatir (under influence of Etymology 1, above), from Frankish *flattjan (“to move the palm of one's hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną (“to flatten”).

flétrir

1. (transitive, archaic) to brand (as punishment)
2. (transitive, archaic) to condemn
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:flétrir.
3. (transitive, archaic) to blacken, besmirch (someone's reputation etc.)

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-.

• “flétrir” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “flétrir” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “flétrir” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “flétrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.