From Old French, from froid + -ir.
froidir
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-.
| infinitive | simple | froidir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | froidissant /fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | froidi /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ or /fʁwɑ.di.se/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
| imperfect | froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/ |
froidissais /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/ |
froidissait /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/ |
froidissaient /fʁwa.di.sɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidit /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidîmes /fʁwa.dim/ or /fʁwɑ.dim/ |
froidîtes /fʁwa.dit/ or /fʁwɑ.dit/ |
froidirent /fʁwa.diʁ/ or /fʁwɑ.diʁ/ | |
| future | froidirai /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁe/ |
froidiras /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁa/ |
froidira /fʁwa.di.ʁa/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁa/ |
froidirons /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
froidirez /fʁwa.di.ʁe/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁe/ |
froidiront /fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirais /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirait /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁɛ/ |
froidirions /fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
froidiriez /fʁwa.di.ʁje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.ʁje/ |
froidiraient /fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ or /fʁwɑ.di.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 | froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
| imperfect2 | froidisse /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
froidisses /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ |
froidît /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
froidissions /fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
froidissiez /fʁwa.di.sje/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sje/ |
froidissent /fʁwa.dis/ or /fʁwɑ.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | froidis /fʁwa.di/ or /fʁwɑ.di/ |
— | froidissons /fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ or /fʁwɑ.di.sɔ̃/ |
froidissez /fʁwa.di.se/ or /fʁwɑ.di.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
froit, froide + -ir
froidir
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | froidir | avoir froidi | |||||
| gerund | en froidissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | froidissant | ||||||
| past participle | froidi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | froidis | froidis | froidist | froidissons | froidissez | froidissent |
| imperfect | froidissoie, froidisseie | froidissoies, froidisseies | froidissoit, froidisseit | froidissiiens, froidissiens | froidissiiez, froidissiez | froidissoient, froidisseient | |
| preterite | froidi | froidis | froidi | froidimes | froidistes | froidirent | |
| future | froidirai | froidiras | froidira | froidirons | froidiroiz, froidireiz, froidirez | froidiront | |
| conditional | froidiroie, froidireie | froidiroies, froidireies | froidiroit, froidireit | froidiriiens, froidiriens | froidiriiez, froidiriez | froidiroient, froidireient | |
| 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 | froidisse | froidisses | froidisse | froidissons | froidissez | froidissent |
| imperfect | froidisse | froidisses | froidist | froidissons, froidissiens | froidissoiz, froidissez, froidissiez | froidissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | froidis | — | froidissons | froidissez | — | ||