frire

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁiʁ/
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Verb

frire (defective)

  1. (defective) to fry (cook in hot fat)

Conjugation

The rare form frient can be found sometimes.

Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple frire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple friant
compound ayant + past participle
past participle frit
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fris fris frit — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic2 — — — — — —
future frirai friras frira frirons frirez friront
conditional frirais frirais frirait fririons fririez friraient
(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 — — — — — —
imperfect2 — — — — — —
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fris — — — —
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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Old French

Etymology

From Latin frīgere.

Verb

frire

  1. to fry

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of frire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive frire avoir frit
gerund en frïant, frisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle frïant, frisant
past participle frit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present fris fris frit, frist frisons frisiez frïent, frisent
imperfect frisoie, friseie frisoies, friseies frïoit, frïeit, frisoit, friseit frisiiens, frisiens frisiiez, frisiez frisoient, friseient
preterite fris freṣis frist freṣimes freṣistes frisdrent
future frirai friras frira frirons friroiz, frireiz, frirez friront
conditional friroie, frireie friroies, frireies friroit, frireit fririiens, fririens fririiez, fririez friroient, frireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present frise frises frise frisiens, frisons frisiez frisent
imperfect freṣisse freṣisses freṣist freṣissons, freṣissiens freṣissoiz, freṣissez, freṣissiez freṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— fris — frisons frisiez —

Descendants

  • French: frire
  • → Middle English: fryen, frien, frye, fryyn
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