Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *nigricīre, from Latin nigrēscere.
noircir
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 | noircir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | noircissant /nwaʁ.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | noirci /nwaʁ.si/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | noircis /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircis /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircit /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircissons /nwaʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
noircissez /nwaʁ.si.se/ |
noircissent /nwaʁ.sis/ |
imperfect | noircissais /nwaʁ.si.sɛ/ |
noircissais /nwaʁ.si.sɛ/ |
noircissait /nwaʁ.si.sɛ/ |
noircissions /nwaʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
noircissiez /nwaʁ.si.sje/ |
noircissaient /nwaʁ.si.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | noircis /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircis /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircit /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircîmes /nwaʁ.sim/ |
noircîtes /nwaʁ.sit/ |
noircirent /nwaʁ.siʁ/ | |
future | noircirai /nwaʁ.si.ʁe/ |
noirciras /nwaʁ.si.ʁa/ |
noircira /nwaʁ.si.ʁa/ |
noircirons /nwaʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
noircirez /nwaʁ.si.ʁe/ |
noirciront /nwaʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | noircirais /nwaʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
noircirais /nwaʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
noircirait /nwaʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
noircirions /nwaʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
noirciriez /nwaʁ.si.ʁje/ |
noirciraient /nwaʁ.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 | noircisse /nwaʁ.sis/ |
noircisses /nwaʁ.sis/ |
noircisse /nwaʁ.sis/ |
noircissions /nwaʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
noircissiez /nwaʁ.si.sje/ |
noircissent /nwaʁ.sis/ |
imperfect2 | noircisse /nwaʁ.sis/ |
noircisses /nwaʁ.sis/ |
noircît /nwaʁ.si/ |
noircissions /nwaʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
noircissiez /nwaʁ.si.sje/ |
noircissent /nwaʁ.sis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | noircis /nwaʁ.si/ |
— | noircissons /nwaʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
noircissez /nwaʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From Vulgar Latin *nigricīre, from Latin nigrēscō, nigrēscere. Compare Old Occitan negrezir.
noircir
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 | ||||||
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infinitive | noircir | avoir noirci | |||||
gerund | en noircissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | noircissant | ||||||
past participle | noirci | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | noircis | noircis | noircist | noircissons | noircissez | noircissent |
imperfect | noircissoie, noircisseie | noircissoies, noircisseies | noircissoit, noircisseit | noircissiiens, noircissiens | noircissiiez, noircissiez | noircissoient, noircisseient | |
preterite | noirci | noircis | noirci | noircimes | noircistes | noircirent | |
future | noircirai | noirciras | noircira | noircirons | noirciroiz, noircireiz, noircirez | noirciront | |
conditional | noirciroie, noircireie | noirciroies, noircireies | noirciroit, noircireit | noirciriiens, noirciriens | noirciriiez, noirciriez | noirciroient, noircireient | |
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 | noircisse | noircisses | noircisse | noircissons | noircissez | noircissent |
imperfect | noircisse | noircisses | noircist | noircissons, noircissiens | noircissoiz, noircissez, noircissiez | noircissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | noircis | — | noircissons | noircissez | — |