mollir

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French

Etymology

From mou (mol, molle), or from Latin mollīre (“to soften”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.liʁ/
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Verb

mollir

  1. (intransitive, rare) to mollify, become soft
  2. (intransitive, rare) to ease off or die down; to relent, abate, give way

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 mollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mollir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mollissant
/mɔ.li.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle molli
/mɔ.li/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mollis
/mɔ.li/ 		mollis
/mɔ.li/ 		mollit
/mɔ.li/ 		mollissons
/mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		mollissez
/mɔ.li.se/ 		mollissent
/mɔ.lis/
imperfect mollissais
/mɔ.li.sɛ/ 		mollissais
/mɔ.li.sɛ/ 		mollissait
/mɔ.li.sɛ/ 		mollissions
/mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		mollissiez
/mɔ.li.sje/ 		mollissaient
/mɔ.li.sɛ/
past historic2 mollis
/mɔ.li/ 		mollis
/mɔ.li/ 		mollit
/mɔ.li/ 		mollîmes
/mɔ.lim/ 		mollîtes
/mɔ.lit/ 		mollirent
/mɔ.liʁ/
future mollirai
/mɔ.li.ʁe/ 		molliras
/mɔ.li.ʁa/ 		mollira
/mɔ.li.ʁa/ 		mollirons
/mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		mollirez
/mɔ.li.ʁe/ 		molliront
/mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mollirais
/mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		mollirais
/mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		mollirait
/mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		mollirions
/mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		molliriez
/mɔ.li.ʁje/ 		molliraient
/mɔ.li.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 mollisse
/mɔ.lis/ 		mollisses
/mɔ.lis/ 		mollisse
/mɔ.lis/ 		mollissions
/mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		mollissiez
/mɔ.li.sje/ 		mollissent
/mɔ.lis/
imperfect2 mollisse
/mɔ.lis/ 		mollisses
/mɔ.lis/ 		mollît
/mɔ.li/ 		mollissions
/mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		mollissiez
/mɔ.li.sje/ 		mollissent
/mɔ.lis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mollis
/mɔ.li/ 		— mollissons
/mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		mollissez
/mɔ.li.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).

Further reading

Interlingua

Verb

mollir

  1. to soften

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mollir
infinitive mollir
participle present perfect
molliente mollite
active simple perfect
present molli ha mollite
past molliva habeva mollite
future mollira habera mollite
conditional mollirea haberea mollite
imperative molli
passive simple perfect
present es mollite ha essite mollite
past esseva mollite habeva essite mollite
future essera mollite habera essite mollite
conditional esserea mollite haberea essite mollite
imperative sia mollite
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