noircir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *nigricīre, from Latin nigrēscere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nwaʁ.siʁ/
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Verb

noircir

  1. to blacken (make black)
  2. (reflexive) to get drunk
    • 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. III, 1975 ed., p. 33
      — Mais enfin, disait-il, pourquoi que tu te noircis comme ça? / — Sûrement que j’ai pas raison, répondait l’autre, quoique, dans un sens, ça soit pas mauvais de boire.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 noircir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple noircir
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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 Vulgar Latin *nigricīre, from Latin nigrēscō, nigrēscere. Compare Old Occitan negrezir.

Verb

noircir

  1. to blacken (become black)

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of noircir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
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 —

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