grossir

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French

Etymology

From gros +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁo.siʁ/
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Verb

grossir

  1. (transitive) to increase, to make larger
  2. (transitive) to plump up
  3. (intransitive) to put on weight, to gain weight; to get fat

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 grossir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grossir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grossissant
/ɡʁo.si.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grossi
/ɡʁo.si/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present grossis
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossis
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossit
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossissons
/ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/ 		grossissez
/ɡʁo.si.se/ 		grossissent
/ɡʁo.sis/
imperfect grossissais
/ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ 		grossissais
/ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ 		grossissait
/ɡʁo.si.sɛ/ 		grossissions
/ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ 		grossissiez
/ɡʁo.si.sje/ 		grossissaient
/ɡʁo.si.sɛ/
past historic2 grossis
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossis
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossit
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossîmes
/ɡʁo.sim/ 		grossîtes
/ɡʁo.sit/ 		grossirent
/ɡʁo.siʁ/
future grossirai
/ɡʁo.si.ʁe/ 		grossiras
/ɡʁo.si.ʁa/ 		grossira
/ɡʁo.si.ʁa/ 		grossirons
/ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/ 		grossirez
/ɡʁo.si.ʁe/ 		grossiront
/ɡʁo.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grossirais
/ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ 		grossirais
/ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ 		grossirait
/ɡʁo.si.ʁɛ/ 		grossirions
/ɡʁo.si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grossiriez
/ɡʁo.si.ʁje/ 		grossiraient
/ɡʁo.si.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 grossisse
/ɡʁo.sis/ 		grossisses
/ɡʁo.sis/ 		grossisse
/ɡʁo.sis/ 		grossissions
/ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ 		grossissiez
/ɡʁo.si.sje/ 		grossissent
/ɡʁo.sis/
imperfect2 grossisse
/ɡʁo.sis/ 		grossisses
/ɡʁo.sis/ 		grossît
/ɡʁo.si/ 		grossissions
/ɡʁo.si.sjɔ̃/ 		grossissiez
/ɡʁo.si.sje/ 		grossissent
/ɡʁo.sis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grossis
/ɡʁo.si/ 		— grossissons
/ɡʁo.si.sɔ̃/ 		grossissez
/ɡʁo.si.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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Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Since Old French, from gros (“thick”) +‎ -ir.

Verb

grossir

  1. (transitive) to make bigger
  2. (intransitive) to become bigger

Descendants

  • French: grossir
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